Table 8b Alabama Central 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

80,000

5,000

0.063

$7.50

$0.47

0.500

792

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

3,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

80,000

1,000

0.013

$7.00

$0.09

0.500

792

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Thrips

80,000

15,000

0.188

$5.50

$1.03

2.500

3,958

Beet Armyworm

500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

80,000

10,000

0.125

$7.00

$0.88

1.000

1,583

Grasshoppers

25,000

5,000

0.063

$6.75

$0.42

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

80,000

12,000

0.150

$9.50

$1.43

2.000

3,167

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

               

Percent Lost

6.50

 

Est. yield/acre

430

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$4.31

Total Acres

80,000

 

Spray applications

0.600

 

At planting

$10.50

Harvested acres

         

Bt use fees

$18.55

     

Cost + loss

$6,112,750

 

Eradication

$3.75

Total Bales lost

10,292

       

Scouting

$2.25

Bales lost in dollars

$2,964,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$76.41

 

Total

$39.36