Table 20 Oklahoma Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

6,344

6,344

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

2

Bollworm/Budworm

140,000

9,000

0.029

$8.50

$0.24

0.78

3,828

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

190,000

85,000

0.405

$9.75

$3.95

0.45

2,227

Lygus

30,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

14

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

2

Thrips

210,000

35,000

0.111

$6.00

$0.67

0.33

1,641

Beet Armyworm

12,000

2,000

0.006

$14.00

$0.09

0.00

9

Fall Armyworm

500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

3,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

2

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

5,000

150

0.000

$7.50

$0.00

0.00

4

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

1.57

 

Est. yield/acre

415

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$4.95

Total Acres

315,000

 

Spray applications

0.551

 

At planting

$4.83

           

Bt use fees

$5.94

     

Cost + loss

$12,758,999

 

Eradication

$15.50

Total Bales lost

7,729

       

Scouting

$2.22

Bales lost in dollars

$2,225,821

 

Cost + loss/acre

$40.50

 

Total

$33.44