Table 15b Louisiana nonBt 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

33,804

31,175

0.959

$9.25

$8.87

1.17

1,146

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

10,329

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

35,043

34,598

2.432

$9.25

$22.49

2.57

2,514

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

15,587

6,272

0.508

$14.76

$7.49

0.12

114

Thrips

33,428

27,269

0.508

$7.20

$3.66

0.05

52

Beet Armyworm

3,117

124

0.003

$12.50

$0.04

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

16,902

5,634

0.150

$9.50

$1.43

0.09

93

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

23,550

16,226

0.518

$9.90

$5.13

0.33

326

Grasshoppers

2,817

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

1,878

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

29,449

21,409

0.570

$10.75

$6.13

0.25

246

Banded Winged Whitefly

939

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

14,085

1,878

0.050

$11.76

$0.59

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Slugs

2,817

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

2,817

15,024

0.400

$1.50

$0.60

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

4.58

 

Est. yield/acre

960

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$56.43

Total Acres

37,560

 

Spray applications

6.098

 

At planting

$9.70

           

Bt use fees

$0.00

     

Cost + loss

$4,501,964

 

Eradication

$10.00

Total Bales lost

4,490

       

Scouting

$9.31

Bales lost in dollars

$1,293,101

 

Cost + loss/acre

$119.86

 

Total

$85.43