Table 16b Mississippi Delta 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

85,000

80,750

1.520

$10.25

$15.58

2.50

7,083

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

85,000

81,600

3.072

$9.00

$27.65

0.60

1,700

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

60,000

45,000

0.635

$12.25

$7.78

0.56

1,600

Thrips

85,000

38,000

0.447

$5.50

$2.46

0.10

283

Beet Armyworm

41,500

4,500

0.053

$9.50

$0.50

0.01

35

Fall Armyworm

45,000

28,500

0.335

$10.80

$3.62

0.37

1,050

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

73,000

28,500

0.335

$7.25

$2.43

0.26

730

Grasshoppers

19,500

500

0.006

$5.10

$0.03

0.00

7

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

1,100

450

0.005

$7.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Aphids

85,000

29,000

0.375

$9.75

$3.66

0.20

567

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

22,000

600

0.007

$10.50

$0.07

0.00

7

Southern Armyworms

0

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

19,500

44,000

0.518

$3.50

$1.81

0.00

1

               

Percent Lost

4.61

 

Est. yield/acre

930

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$65.64

Total Acres

85,000

 

Spray applications

7.309

 

At planting

$8.79

           

Bt use fees

$0.00

     

Cost + loss

$11,320,439

 

Eradication

$8.50

Total Bales lost

13,063

       

Scouting

$6.00

Bales lost in dollars

$3,762,077

 

Cost + loss/acre

$133.18

 

Total

$88.92