Table 14 Kansas 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

5,000

1,500

0.013

$21.00

$0.26

0.02

35

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

50,000

2,000

0.017

$13.85

0.23

0.21

354

Lygus

50,000

750

0.006

$13.80

$0.09

0.04

71

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

35,000

20,000

0.167

$11.00

$1.83

0.03

50

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

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

0

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

0.30

 

Est. yield/acre

570

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$2.41

Total Acres

120,000

 

Spray applications

0.202

 

At planting

$0.80

           

Bt use fees

$0.00

     

Cost + loss

$532,830

 

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

510

       

Scouting

$0.00

Bales lost in dollars

$146,880

 

Cost + loss/acre

$4.44

 

Total

$3.22