Table 19a North Carolina 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

777,000

724,000

0.559

$7.00

$3.91

1.56

30,682

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

777,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

777,000

47,200

0.061

$6.50

$0.39

0.10

1,967

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

60,000

600

0.001

$13.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Thrips

777,000

695,000

1.163

$5.00

$5.81

0.50

9,834

Beet Armyworm

2,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

160,000

1,000

0.001

$7.00

$0.01

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

777,000

560,000

0.541

$7.25

$3.92

2.46

48,383

Grasshoppers

200,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

100,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

777,000

25,600

0.033

$10.50

$0.35

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

10,000

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

6,000

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

300,000

30,000

0.039

$4.00

$0.15

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

4.62

 

Est. yield/acre

729

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$14.56

Total Acres

777,000

 

Spray applications

2.397

 

At planting

$12.00

           

Bt use fees

$11.08

     

Cost + loss

$61,778,355

 

Eradication

$3.25

Total Bales lost

90,865

       

Scouting

$4.94

Bales lost in dollars

$26,169,205

 

Cost + loss/acre

$79.51

 

Total

$45.83