Table 12 Florida 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

9,000

3,000

0.029

$12.00

$0.34

0.13

338

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

2,500

110

0.001

$7.60

0.01

0.01

25

Lygus

10,000

800

0.008

$7.60

$0.06

0.05

125

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

20,000

2,000

0.019

$7.00

$0.13

0.06

150

Beet Armyworm

250

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

1,200

500

0.005

$12.50

$0.06

0.01

15

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

50,500

25,000

0.238

$10.75

$2.56

0.96

2,525

Grasshoppers

200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

80,000

1,000

0.010

$9.55

$0.09

0.15

400

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

250

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Yellowstriped Armyworms

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

1.36

 

Est. yield/acre

750

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$3.25

Total Acres

105,000

 

Spray applications

0.309

 

At planting

$10.00

           

Bt use fees

$24.00

     

Cost + loss

$6,146,786

 

Eradication

$5.00

Total Bales lost

3,578

       

Scouting

$6.48

Bales lost in dollars

$1,030,320

 

Cost + loss/acre

$58.54

 

Total

$48.73