Table 23i Texas Far West Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

342,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

8,000

250

0.001

$11.00

$0.01

0.00

14

Pink Bollworm

32,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

330,000

4,000

0.009

$7.00

$0.06

0.15

1,117

Lygus

5,000

1,500

0.003

$13.50

$0.04

0.00

17

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

310,000

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

6,000

450

0.001

$9.44

$0.01

0.00

1

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

20,000

10,000

0.022

$13.00

$0.29

0.02

169

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

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

0.17

 

Est. yield/acre

327

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$0.41

Total Acres

452,000

 

Spray applications

0.036

 

At planting

$0.24

           

Bt use fees

$3.61

     

Cost + loss

$4,995,982

 

Eradication

$5.95

Total Bales lost

1,317

       

Scouting

$0.00

Bales lost in dollars

$379,334

 

Cost + loss/acre

$11.05

 

Total

$10.21