Table 21 South Carolina 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

298,000

240,000

0.805

$10.00

$8.05

1.00

6,208

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

290,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

290,000

29,000

0.097

$7.50

$0.73

0.97

6,042

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

250,000

29,000

0.097

$18.00

$1.75

0.17

1,042

Thrips

298,000

120,000

0.403

$8.50

$3.42

0.50

3,104

Beet Armyworm

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

180,000

5,000

0.017

$11.00

$0.18

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

298,000

290,000

1.946

$10.00

$19.46

3.30

20,488

Grasshoppers

225,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

298,000

90,000

0.302

$13.50

$4.08

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

195,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

240,000

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

150,000

15,000

0.050

$6.50

$0.33

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

5.94

 

Est. yield/acre

700

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$38.01

Total Acres

298,000

 

Spray applications

3.718

 

At planting

$15.00

           

Bt use fees

$9.20

     

Cost + loss

$32,485,000

 

Eradication

$3.00

Total Bales lost

36,883

       

Scouting

$8.15

Bales lost in dollars

$10,622,400

 

Cost + loss/acre

$109.01

 

Total

$73.36