Table 9 Arizona Summary 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

37,952

4,067

0.020

$17.30

$0.35

0.033

263

Pink Bollworm

37,501

5,422

0.068

$17.51

$1.19

0.282

2,218

Cotton Fleahopper

89,097

3,704

0.014

$10.33

0.14

0.027

211

Lygus

119,702

51,052

0.256

$17.50

$4.48

0.846

6,653

Cotton Leaf Perforator

9,651

325

0.002

$14.00

$0.02

0.001

6

Spider Mites

41,013

10,049

0.050

$20.91

$1.05

0.063

496

Thrips

197,518

22,047

0.111

$10.56

$1.17

0.349

2,743

Beet Armyworm

64,286

7,678

0.026

$18.05

$0.47

0.037

294

Fall Armyworm

10,608

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

79,974

926

0.003

$17.00

$0.06

0.097

764

Grasshoppers

41,272

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

59,635

1,782

0.009

$14.00

$0.13

0.004

29

Aphids

7,481

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

58,272

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

161,737

104,814

0.789

$28.12

$22.18

0.578

4,547

Loopers

50,888

1,501

0.008

$20.00

$0.15

0.000

1

Yellowstriped Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Pale-sided Flea Beetles

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

               

Percent Lost

2.32

 

Est. yield/acre

1,490

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$31.39

Total Acres

199,369

 

Spray applications

1.355

 

At planting

$0.62

           

Bt use fees

$29.25

     

Cost + loss

$20,767,579

 

Eradication*

$6.20

Total Bales lost

18,226

       

Scouting

$10.37

Bales lost in dollars

$5,249,007

 

Cost + loss/acre

$104.17

 

Total

$77.84

Official Arizona Cotton Losses may be seen on the Arizona WEB http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/insects/cil/cil.html Eradication includes PBW($5.45) and Boll Weevil ($0.75) = $6.20