Table 8c Alabama South 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

280,000

70,000

0.250

$11.00

$2.75

1.000

6,125

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

30,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

240,000

10,000

0.036

$7.75

$0.28

0.429

2,625

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Thrips

280,000

25,000

0.089

$5.50

$0.49

2.500

15,313

Beet Armyworm

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

50,000

4,000

0.014

$14.00

$0.20

0.000

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

280,000

50,000

0.196

$7.00

$1.38

2.500

15,313

Grasshoppers

5,000

1,000

0.004

$7.00

$0.03

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

280,000

30,000

0.107

$10.00

$1.07

2.000

12,250

Banded Winged Whitefly

1,000

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

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Southern Armyworms

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Leaf Footed Bug

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

3,000

5,000

0.018

$4.00

$0.07

0.000

0

               

Percent Lost

8.43

 

Est. yield/acre

450

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$6.26

Total Acres

280,000

 

Spray applications

0.714

 

At planting

$9.75

           

Bt use fees

$20.00

     

Cost + loss

$26,826,000

 

Eradication

$3.75

Total Bales lost

51,625

       

Scouting

$2.95

Bales lost in dollars

$14,868,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$95.81

 

Total

$42.71