Table 24 Virginia Cotton Insect Losses 2006

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

93,000

93,000

1.100

$8.00

$8.80

1.72

2,674

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

10,000

20,000

0.215

$8.00

$1.72

0.06

86

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

5,000

500

0.005

$8.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Thrips

93,000

93,000

1.000

$6.50

$6.50

0.34

535

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

50,000

40,000

0.430

$8.00

$3.44

0.46

719

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

23,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

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

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

2.58

 

Est. yield/acre

800

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$20.50

Total Acres

93,000

 

Spray applications

2.751

 

At planting

$16.00

           

Bt use fees

$20.11

     

Cost + loss

$6,463,288

 

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

4,014

       

Scouting

$0.46

Bales lost in dollars

$1,155,888

 

Cost + loss/acre

$69.50

 

Total

$57.07