Table 19 North Carolina Summary 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

840,000

779,000

0.648

$6.90

$4.47

2.12

44,926

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

840,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

840,000

50,740

0.060

$6.50

$0.39

0.10

2,120

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

68,000

680

0.001

$13.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Thrips

840,000

747,000

1.156

$5.00

$5.78

0.50

10,600

Beet Armyworm

2,300

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

176,000

1,100

0.001

$7.00

$0.01

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

840,000

600,000

0.529

$7.25

$3.83

2.37

50,267

Grasshoppers

228,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

106,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

840,000

28,100

0.033

$10.50

$0.35

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

11,500

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

6,800

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

340,000

34,000

0.040

$4.00

$0.16

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

5.09

 

Est. yield/acre

727

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$15.01

Total Acres

840,000

 

Spray applications

2.469

 

At planting

$11.91

           

Bt use fees

$10.76

     

Cost + loss

$69,655,647

 

Eradication

$3.25

Total Bales lost

107,913

       

Scouting

$5.00

Bales lost in dollars

$31,078,937

 

Cost + loss/acre

$82.92

 

Total

$45.92