Table 16 Mississippi Summary 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

0.000

0

Bollworm/Budworm

1,130,000

780,250

0.738

$8.84

$6.53

0.716

27,578

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

15,300

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

1,165,000

1,040,557

2.548

$9.00

$22.93

0.650

25,063

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Spider Mites

665,000

396,000

0.420

$12.25

$5.15

0.541

20,854

Thrips

1,198,431

527,457

0.440

$5.50

$2.42

0.100

3,850

Beet Armyworm

85,750

6,840

0.006

$9.50

$0.05

0.002

71

Fall Armyworm

461,869

95,767

0.080

$10.80

$0.86

0.215

8,282

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

878,000

209,957

0.175

$7.25

$1.27

0.292

11,251

Grasshoppers

205,750

22,950

0.019

$3.06

$0.06

0.002

66

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

22,950

1,850

0.002

$7.00

$0.01

0.000

7

Aphids

1,113,232

522,724

0.468

$9.75

$4.56

0.187

7,198

Banded Winged Whitefly

48,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

273,250

4,700

0.004

$10.50

$0.04

0.002

84

Southern Armyworms

16,300

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Clouded Plant Bugs

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

407,612

579,000

0.483

$3.50

$1.69

0.000

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Percent Lost

2.71

 

Est. yield/acre

893

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$45.57

Total Acres

1,200,000

 

Spray applications

5.381

 

At planting

$9.00

           

Bt use fees

$17.28

     

Cost + loss

$134,495,771

 

Eradication

$9.52

Total Bales lost

104,316

       

Scouting

$5.68

Bales lost in dollars

$30,042,914

 

Cost + loss/acre

$112.08

 

Total

$87.04