Table 10a Arkansas Northeast Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

360,000

360,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

600,000

420,000

1.050

$8.00

$8.40

1.00

18,750

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

420,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

600,000

540,000

2.430

$8.25

$20.05

2.00

37,500

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

450,000

200,000

0.667

$18.00

$12.00

0.38

7,031

Thrips

600,000

300,000

0.500

$7.50

$3.75

0.10

1,875

Beet Armyworm

100,000

10,000

0.017

$10.00

$0.17

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

425,000

200,000

0.500

$11.50

$5.75

0.18

3,320

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

540,000

150,000

0.250

$8.00

$2.00

0.14

2,531

Grasshoppers

75,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

420,000

85,000

0.142

$8.00

$1.13

0.00

0

Aphids

540,000

50,000

0.083

$9.00

$0.75

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

200,000

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

300,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

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

180,000

50,000

0.083

$3.50

$0.29

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

3.79

 

Est. yield/acre

1,075

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$54.29

Total Acres

600,000

 

Spray applications

5.722

 

At planting

$9.35

           

Bt use fees

$16.20

     

Cost + loss

$79,468,750

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

71,008

       

Scouting

$6.53

Bales lost in dollars

$20,450,250

 

Cost + loss/acre

$132.45

 

Total

$98.36