Table 8a Alabama North 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

0.000

0

Bollworm/Budworm

266,904

170,000

0.637

$5.60

$3.57

1.500

10,843

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

266,904

215,000

0.967

$7.70

$7.44

2.500

18,072

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

160,000

5,000

0.019

$13.00

$0.24

0.120

867

Thrips

266,904

195,000

0.877

$5.75

$5.04

3.000

21,686

Beet Armyworm

2,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

200,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.150

1,083

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

180,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.067

488

Grasshoppers

3,500

1,000

0.004

$6.90

$0.03

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

240,000

130,000

0.536

$11.00

$5.89

0.090

650

Banded Winged Whitefly

3,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

100,000

80,000

0.300

$3.00

$0.90

0.000

0

               

Percent Lost

7.43

 

Est. yield/acre

445

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$23.11

Total Acres

266,904

 

Spray applications

3.338

 

At planting

$12.36

           

Bt use fees

$11.56

     

Cost + loss

$30,365,048

 

Eradication

$3.75

Total Bales lost

53,688

       

Scouting

$5.05

Bales lost in dollars

$15,462,158

 

Cost + loss/acre

$113.77

 

Total

$55.84