Table 16c Mississippi Hills 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

217,242

80,750

0.297

$8.50

$2.53

0.40

3,168

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

244,397

176,509

0.910

$9.00

$8.19

0.54

4,277

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

81,466

18,000

0.066

$12.25

$0.81

0.24

1,901

Thrips

271,552

82,000

0.302

$5.50

$1.66

0.10

792

Beet Armyworm

1,900

440

0.002

$9.50

$0.02

0.00

1

Fall Armyworm

32,550

16,500

0.061

$10.80

$0.66

0.08

665

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

162,931

25,000

0.092

$7.25

$0.67

0.24

1,901

Grasshoppers

44,500

18,750

0.069

$2.60

$0.18

0.00

13

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

850

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

217,241

108,621

0.400

$9.75

$3.90

0.16

1,267

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

13,500

800

0.003

$10.50

$0.03

0.00

4

Southern Armyworms

12,500

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

108,500

162,931

0.600

$3.50

$2.10

0.00

3

               

Percent Lost

1.77

 

Est. yield/acre

660

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$20.74

Total Acres

271,552

 

Spray applications

2.802

 

At planting

$9.02

           

Bt use fees

$20.00

     

Cost + loss

$22,130,283

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

13,992

       

Scouting

$4.90

Bales lost in dollars

$4,029,722

 

Cost + loss/acre

$81.50

 

Total

$66.66