Table 23a Texas Gulf Coast and Winter Garden Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

486,289

389,031

0.553

$9.28

$5.13

0.58

10,131

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

486,629

389,031

0.553

$8.86

$4.90

0.00

0

Lygus

85,000

15,000

0.018

$9.10

$0.16

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

243,145

24,315

0.029

$10.15

$0.29

0.06

1,013

Thrips

340,402

136,161

0.161

$6.15

$0.99

0.20

3,546

Beet Armyworm

200,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

316,088

50,574

0.060

$9.86

$0.59

0.04

659

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

364,717

111,847

0.199

$8.00

$1.59

0.11

1,900

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

240,000

72,392

0.086

$8.60

$0.74

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

24,000

1,000

0.001

$9.95

$0.01

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

15,000

1,400

0.002

$10.15

$0.02

0.00

31

Loopers

21,500

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

150,000

29,672

0.070

$8.80

$0.62

0.18

3,125

Cutworms

20,000

9,726

0.012

$6.05

$0.07

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

1.16

 

Est. yield/acre

492

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$15.12

Total Acres

843,675

 

Spray applications

1.744

 

At planting

$3.45

           

Bt use fees

$3.55

     

Cost + loss

$41,448,355

 

Eradication

$17.41

Total Bales lost

20,404

       

Scouting

$2.63

Bales lost in dollars

$5,876,442

 

Cost + loss/acre

$49.13

 

Total

$42.16