Table 23b Texas Panhandle 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

80,000

30,000

0.242

$8.00

$1.94

0.32

1,042

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

124,000

85,000

0.685

$5.50

$3.77

1.00

3,229

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

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

1.32

 

Est. yield/acre

815

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$5.71

Total Acres

124,000

 

Spray applications

0.927

 

At planting

$6.85

           

Bt use fees

$6.77

     

Cost + loss

$4,973,500

 

Eradication

$4.00

Total Bales lost

4,271

       

Scouting

$6.85

Bales lost in dollars

$1,230,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$40.11

 

Total

$30.19