Table 23d Texas High Plains Cotton Insect Losses 2006
| |
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/
|
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| Foliar insecticide |
$2.61 |
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| Total Acres |
3,360,000 |
Spray applications |
0.296 |
At planting |
$1.79 |
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| Bt use fees |
$1.09 |
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| Cost + loss |
$65,330,102 |
Eradication |
$6.50 |
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| Total Bales lost |
78,761 |
Scouting |
$0.70 |
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| Bales lost in dollars |
$22,683,150 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$19.44 |
Total |
$12.69 |