Table 13 Georgia 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

1,200,000

325,000

0.293

$7.50

$2.20

1.35

37,500

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

700,000

120,000

0.090

$6.50

$0.59

0.26

7,292

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

400,000

40,000

0.030

$10.00

$0.30

0.03

833

Thrips

1,300,000

200,000

0.150

$6.00

$0.90

0.20

5,417

Beet Armyworm

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

300,000

100,000

0.075

$9.00

$0.68

0.05

1,250

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

1,200,000

950,000

1.571

$7.50

$11.79

0.90

25,000

Grasshoppers

25,000

5,000

0.004

$7.50

$0.03

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

1,000,000

360,000

0.271

$8.00

$2.17

0.75

20,833

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

25,000

2,500

0.002

$15.00

$0.03

0.02

521

Loopers

20,000

5,000

0.004

$10.00

$0.04

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

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

3.56

 

Est. yield/acre

750

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$18.71

Total Acres

1,330,000

 

Spray applications

2.491

 

At planting

$9.02

           

Bt use fees

$17.60

     

Cost + loss

$99,803,047

 

Eradication

$2.75

Total Bales lost

98,646

       

Scouting

$5.60

Bales lost in dollars

$28,410,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$75.04

 

Total

$53.68