Table 16a Mississippi Delta Bt 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

765,000

573,750

0.825

$8.50

$7.01

0.50

12,750

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

15,300

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

765,000

726,750

3.230

$9.00

$29.07

0.70

17,850

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

500,000

330,000

0.561

$12.25

$6.87

0.65

16,667

Thrips

765,000

380,000

0.497

$5.50

$2.73

0.10

2,550

Beet Armyworm

41,500

1,900

0.002

$9.50

$0.02

0.00

35

Fall Armyworm

360,000

39,000

0.051

$10.80

$0.55

0.24

6,000

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

595,000

129,000

0.169

$7.25

$1.22

0.31

7,933

Grasshoppers

129,000

1,800

0.002

$5.10

$0.01

0.00

43

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

21,000

1,400

0.002

$7.00

$0.01

0.00

7

Aphids

760,000

360,000

0.518

$9.75

$5.05

0.20

5,067

Banded Winged Whitefly

48,000

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

219,000

3,300

0.004

$10.50

$0.05

0.00

73

Southern Armyworms

2,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Clouded Plant Bugs

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

260,000

325,000

0.425

$3.50

$1.49

0.00

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Percent Lost

2.71

 

Est. yield/acre

1,000

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$54.08

Total Acres

765,000

 

Spray applications

6.286

 

At planting

$9.02

           

Bt use fees

$20.00

     

Cost + loss

$94,531,813

 

Eradication

$8.50

Total Bales lost

68,983

       

Scouting

$6.00

Bales lost in dollars

$19,867,080

 

Cost + loss/acre

$123.57

 

Total

$97.60