Table 10 Arkansas Summary Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

420,000

420,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

1,100,000

820,000

1.482

$8.00

$11.85

1.00

34,375

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

770,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

1,100,000

990,000

2.675

$8.12

$21.74

2.00

68,750

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

850,000

400,000

0.727

$18.00

$13.09

0.57

19,531

Thrips

1,100,000

550,000

0.500

$7.50

$3.75

0.10

3,438

Beet Armyworm

160,000

14,000

0.013

$10.00

$0.13

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

745,000

395,000

0.539

$11.50

$6.19

0.17

5,820

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

990,000

300,000

0.273

$8.00

$2.18

0.14

4,641

Grasshoppers

150,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

770,000

85,000

0.077

$8.00

$0.62

0.00

0

Aphids

990,000

235,000

0.298

$9.00

$2.68

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

400,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

600,000

15,000

0.000

N/A

$0.01

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

380,000

100,000

0.091

$3.50

$0.32

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

3.97

 

Est. yield/acre

1,077

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$62.56

Total Acres

1,100,000

 

Spray applications

6.675

 

At planting

$9.42

           

Bt use fees

$16.76

     

Cost + loss

$157,587,000

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

136,555

       

Scouting

$6.77

Bales lost in dollars

$39,327,750

 

Cost + loss/acre

$143.26

 

Total

$107.51