Table 23 Texas Summary Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

628,858

106,901

0.070

$8.75

$0.62

0.01

1,637

Bollworm/Budworm

2,257,342

498,858

0.094

$9.11

$0.85

0.34

43,437

Pink Bollworm

202,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

372

Cotton Fleahopper

2,969,487

515,031

0.097

$8.59

$0.84

0.10

13,113

Lygus

290,000

37,500

0.006

$8.10

$0.05

0.00

454

Cotton Leaf Perforator

25,690

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

381,246

63,092

0.013

$11.86

$0.16

0.01

1,640

Thrips

3,080,731

1,015,182

0.192

$8.37

$1.61

0.39

49,147

Beet Armyworm

546,901

18,100

0.003

$13.19

$0.04

0.01

1,496

Fall Armyworm

1,071,088

50,574

0.008

$9.86

$0.08

0.02

2,299

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

418,717

114,347

0.028

$8.03

$0.22

0.02

1,918

Grasshoppers

26,000

200

0.000

$8.00

$0.00

0.00

1

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

1,459,601

114,119

0.019

$8.34

$0.16

0.03

3,195

Banded Winged Whitefly

24,000

1,000

0.000

$9.95

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

141,901

61,400

0.022

$17.55

$0.39

0.14

18,040

Loopers

77,950

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Darkling Beetle

155,000

29,672

0.010

$8.80

$0.09

0.02

3,125

Cutworms

31,500

9,926

0.002

$6.12

$0.01

0.00

2

               

Percent Lost

1.11

 

Est. yield/acre

289

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$5.12

Total Acres

6,081,224

 

Spray applications

0.565

 

At planting

$1.85

           

Bt use fees

$3.26

     

Cost + loss

$164,316,142

 

Eradication

$9.07

Total Bales lost

139,877

       

Scouting

$1.10

Bales lost in dollars

$40,284,471

 

Cost + loss/acre

$27.02

 

Total

$20.40