Table 23f Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

106,901

106,901

1.666

$8.75

$14.58

0.23

1,122

Bollworm/Budworm

106,901

35,277

0.110

$11.00

$1.21

0.12

601

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

106,901

25,000

0.097

$8.00

$0.78

0.21

1,002

Lygus

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

10,690

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

106,901

35,277

0.206

$12.50

$2.58

0.08

401

Thrips

106,901

10,000

0.047

$8.00

$0.37

0.04

200

Beet Armyworm

106,901

10,000

0.038972

$13.75

$0.535862

0.06

301

Fall Armyworm

5,000

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

4,000

2,500

0.010

$10.00

$0.10

0.00

19

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

106,901

35,277

0.137

$7.50

$1.03

0.21

1,002

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

106,901

50,000

0.487

$18.00

$8.77

3.71

17,839

Loopers

53,450

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

4.67

 

Est. yield/acre

209

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$29.96

Total Acres

256,596

 

Spray applications

2.800

 

At planting

$0.76

           

Bt use fees

$0.66

     

Cost + loss

$22,354,444

 

Eradication

$28.00

Total Bales lost

22,488

       

Scouting

$2.50

Bales lost in dollars

$6,476,545

 

Cost + loss/acre

$87.12

 

Total

$61.88