Table 11 California Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Pink Bollworm

20,375

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

446,188

223,074

0.507

$27.00

$13.69

2.54

48,802

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

546,531

501,917

0.951

$30.00

$28.52

1.04

19,926

Thrips

552,108

5,000

0.009

$15.00

$0.14

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

278,843

2,677

0.003

$18.00

$0.05

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

278,843

22,307

0.042

$18.00

$0.76

0.26

5,083

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

552,108

5,000

0.005

$33.00

$0.16

0.00

0

Loopers

100,000

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

3.83

 

Est. yield/acre

1,275

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$43.32

Total Acres

528,000

 

Spray applications

1.517

 

At planting

$5.11

           

Bt use fees

$0.14

     

Cost + loss

$55,865,267

 

Eradication ( PBW)

$6.10

Total Bales lost

73,810

       

Scouting

$10.87

Bales lost in dollars

$21,257,423

 

Cost + loss/acre

$105.81

 

Total

$65.55