Table 23d Texas High Plains Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

47,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

514

Bollworm/Budworm

1,300,000

39,000

0.012

$6.50

$0.08

0.39

28,438

Pink Bollworm

170,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

372

Cotton Fleahopper

1,600,000

22,000

0.007

$6.50

$0.04

0.05

3,500

Lygus

200,000

21,000

0.006

$7.00

$0.04

0.01

438

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

1,890,000

760,021

0.271

$9.00

$2.44

0.56

41,344

Beet Armyworm

200,000

100

0.000

$12.25

$0.00

0.01

438

Fall Armyworm

750,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.02

1,641

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

950,000

1,000

0.000

$14.00

$0.00

0.03

2,078

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

Darkling Beetle

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

1.07

 

Est. yield/acre

266

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$2.61

Total Acres

3,360,000

 

Spray applications

0.296

 

At planting

$1.79

           

Bt use fees

$1.09

     

Cost + loss

$65,330,102

 

Eradication

$6.50

Total Bales lost

78,761

       

Scouting

$0.70

Bales lost in dollars

$22,683,150

 

Cost + loss/acre

$19.44

 

Total

$12.69