Table 18 New Mexico 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

38,400

23,000

0.288

$18.50

$5.33

1.08

1,659

Pink Bollworm

620

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

3

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

22,500

8,500

0.133

$8.25

$1.10

0.88

1,350

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

3,600

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

16

Beet Armyworm

6,700

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

5

Fall Armyworm

8,200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

1

European Cornborer

840

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

1

Stink Bugs

2,700

340

0.001

$8.20

$0.01

0.00

3

Grasshoppers

3,800

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

6,800

824

0.013

$22.50

$0.29

0.02

24

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

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

4,700

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

6

               

Percent Lost

2.00

 

Est. yield/acre

871

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$6.72

Total Acres

63,910

 

Spray applications

0.435

 

At planting

$1.97

           

Bt use fees

$8.54

     

Cost + loss

$3,432,749

 

Eradication*

$17.25

Total Bales lost

3,067

       

Scouting

$5.41

Bales lost in dollars

$883,279

 

Cost + loss/acre

$53.71

 

Total

$39.89

*Eradication includes both Pink Bollworm and Boll Weevil costs