Table 17 Missouri 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

295,000

118,000

0.093

$13.50

$1.26

0.29

4,609

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

4,800

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

485,350

485,350

1.442

$8.00

$11.53

0.24

3,792

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

285,200

85,560

0.051

$16.00

$0.81

0.14

2,228

Thrips

475,860

190,344

0.151

$4.25

$0.64

0.24

3,718

Beet Armyworm

6,250

1,875

0.001

$13.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

6,500

3,280

0.003

$11.50

$0.04

0.00

0

European Cornborer

1,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

185,460

90,415

0.036

$6.00

$0.21

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

1,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

6,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

185,460

18,150

0.001

$6.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

18,500

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

165,250

122,250

0.073

$1.50

$0.11

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

0.91

 

Est. yield/acre

1,200

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$14.63

Total Acres

505,000

 

Spray applications

1.850

 

At planting

$4.52

           

Bt use fees

$20.10

     

Cost + loss

$32,348,306

 

Eradication

$12.50

Total Bales lost

14,347

       

Scouting

$4.13

Bales lost in dollars

$4,131,923

 

Cost + loss/acre

$64.06

 

Total

$55.87