Table 23g Texas Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Insect Losses -2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

11,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

221,152

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.11

1,112

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

299,000

8,000

0.016

$10.50

$0.17

0.24

2,404

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

200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

214,865

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

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

130,700

1,000

0.002

$10.50

$0.02

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

Darkling Beetles

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

0.35

 

Est. yield/acre

127

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$0.19

Total Acres

503,441

 

Spray applications

0.018

 

At planting

$1.04

           

Bt use fees

$9.07

     

Cost + loss

$8,906,760

 

Eradication

$5.00

Total Bales lost

3,516

       

Scouting

$0.38

Bales lost in dollars

$1,012,602

 

Cost + loss/acre

$17.69

 

Total

$15.68