Table 10b Arkansas Southeast Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

60,000

60,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

500,000

400,000

2.000

$8.00

$16.00

1.00

15,625

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

350,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

500,000

450,000

2.970

$8.00

$23.76

2.00

31,250

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

400,000

200,000

0.800

$18.00

$14.40

0.80

12,500

Thrips

500,000

250,000

0.500

$7.50

$3.75

0.10

1,563

Beet Armyworm

60,000

4,000

0.008

$10.00

$0.08

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

320,000

195,000

0.585

$11.50

$6.73

0.16

2,500

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

450,000

150,000

0.300

$8.00

$2.40

0.14

2,109

Grasshoppers

75,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

350,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

450,000

185,000

0.555

$9.00

$5.00

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

15,000

0.000

N/A

$0.03

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

200,000

50,000

0.100

$3.50

$0.35

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

4.20

 

Est. yield/acre

1,080

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$72.49

Total Acres

500,000

 

Spray applications

7.818

 

At planting

$9.50

           

Bt use fees

$17.43

     

Cost + loss

$78,118,250

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

65,547

       

Scouting

$7.06

Bales lost in dollars

$18,877,500

 

Cost + loss/acre

$156.24

 

Total

$118.48