Table 8 Summary Alabama 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

626,904

245,000

0.391

$7.18

$2.81

1.19

17,760

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

33,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

586,904

226,000

0.429

$7.70

$3.30

1.44

21,488

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

220,000

5,000

0.008

$13.00

$0.10

0.06

867

Thrips

626,904

235,000

0.437

$5.71

$2.50

2.74

40,957

Beet Armyworm

17,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

270,000

4,000

0.006

$14.00

$0.09

0.07

1,083

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

540,000

60,000

0.104

$7.00

$0.73

1.16

17,383

Grasshoppers

33,500

7,000

0.011

$6.81

$0.08

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

600,000

172,000

0.295

$10.74

$3.17

1.08

16,067

Banded Winged Whitefly

4,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Leaf Footed Bug

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

104,000

85,000

0.136

$3.06

$0.41

0.00

0

               

Percent Lost

7.74

 

Est. yield/acre

445

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$13.19

Total Acres

626,904

 

Spray applications

1.817

 

At planting

$10.96

           

Bt use fees

$16.22

     

Cost + loss

$63,303,798

 

Eradication

$3.75

Total Bales lost

115,605

       

Scouting

$3.75

Bales lost in dollars

$33,294,158

 

Cost + loss/acre

$100.98

 

Total

$47.87