Table 19b North Carolina non 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

63,000

55,000

1.746

$6.50

$11.35

9.30

14,245

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

63,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

63,000

3,540

0.056

$6.50

$0.37

0.10

153

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

8,000

80

0.001

$13.00

$0.02

0.00

0

Thrips

63,000

52,000

1.073

$5.00

$5.37

0.50

766

Beet Armyworm

300

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

16,000

100

0.002

$7.00

$0.01

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

63,000

40,000

0.381

$7.25

$2.76

1.23

1,884

Grasshoppers

28,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

6,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

63,000

2,500

0.040

$10.50

$0.42

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

1,500

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

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

40,000

4,000

0.063

$4.00

$0.25

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

11.13

 

Est. yield/acre

700

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$20.54

Total Acres

63,000

 

Spray applications

3.362

 

At planting

$10.77

           

Bt use fees

$0.00

     

Cost + loss

$7,446,982

 

Eradication

$3.25

Total Bales lost

17,048

       

Scouting

$5.71

Bales lost in dollars

$4,909,732

 

Cost + loss/acre

$118.21

 

Total

$40.27