Table 23e Texas Northern Blacklands Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

96,957

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

32,000

5,300

0.055

$10.00

$0.55

1.49

2,100

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

96,957

67,000

0.691

$7.50

$5.18

3.60

5,090

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

31,000

3,500

0.036

$14.00

$0.51

0.16

226

Thrips

94,563

24,000

0.248

$7.60

$1.88

0.59

827

Beet Armyworm

40,000

8,000

0.083

$12.50

$1.03

0.54

758

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

1,000

200

0.002

$8.00

$0.02

0.00

1

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

26,000

4,000

0.041

$9.00

$0.37

0.08

114

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

3,000

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

1,500

200

0.002

$9.50

$0.02

0.00

2

               

Percent Lost

6.45

 

Est. yield/acre

406

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$9.55

Total Acres

96,957

 

Spray applications

1.157

 

At planting

$5.15

           

Bt use fees

$18.20

     

Cost + loss

$7,434,868

 

Eradication

$13.50

Total Bales lost

9,119

       

Scouting

$3.18

Bales lost in dollars

$2,626,399

 

Cost + loss/acre

$76.68

 

Total

$49.59