Table 23h Texas Southern Blacklands Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

143,337

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

124,337

9,946

0.090

$11.12

$1.00

1.13

3,199

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

143,337

102,000

0.854

$5.25

$4.48

1.80

5,106

Lygus

12,000

5,000

0.035

$7.25

$0.25

0.03

71

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

45,000

5,600

0.055

$11.75

$0.64

0.31

891

Thrips

143,337

120,000

1.005

$4.25

$4.27

1.70

4,823

Beet Armyworm

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

9,500

1,500

0.010

$8.75

$0.09

0.02

56

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

87,500

15,000

0.105

$8.00

$0.84

0.61

1,732

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

143,337

108,500

0.908

$6.50

$5.90

1.60

4,539

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

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

7.20

 

Est. yield/acre

674

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$17.48

Total Acres

143,337

 

Spray applications

3.062

 

At planting

$9.95

           

Bt use fees

$14.11

     

Cost + loss

$14,744,458

 

Eradication

$17.00

Total Bales lost

20,417

       

Scouting

$3.30

Bales lost in dollars

$5,880,159

 

Cost + loss/acre

$102.87

 

Total

$61.84