Table 22 Tennessee 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

670,000

402,000

0.900

$8.00

$7.20

4.00

61,417

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

670,000

550,000

1.067

$8.00

$8.54

0.30

4,606

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

220,000

61,000

0.109

$10.50

$1.15

0.20

3,025

Thrips

670,000

280,000

0.418

$5.50

$2.30

0.40

6,142

Beet Armyworm

67,000

1,400

0.002

$9.50

$0.02

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

400,000

40,000

0.060

$9.00

$0.54

0.30

4,583

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

500,000

195,000

0.320

$7.75

$2.48

0.50

7,677

Grasshoppers

40,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

30,000

700

0.001

$8.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Aphids

670,000

11,000

0.016

$7.90

$0.13

0.09

1,382

Banded Winged Whitefly

1,000

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

210,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Clouded Plant Bug

425,000

225,000

0.403

$8.00

$3.22

0.51

7,792

Cutworms

30,000

390,000

0.582

$1.50

$0.87

0.00

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Percent Lost

6.29

 

Est. yield/acre

900

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$26.46

Total Acres

670,000

 

Spray applications

3.879

 

At planting

$8.56

           

Bt use fees

$11.97

     

Cost + loss

$69,377,855

 

Eradication

$9.78

Total Bales lost

96,630

       

Scouting

$5.25

Bales lost in dollars

$27,829,560

 

Cost + loss/acre

$103.55

 

Total

$62.01