Table 1. Cost of boll weevil control by district, 1992.

District

Material
Costs

Application
Costs

Total
Costs

 

---------------------$/acre-----------------------

I

5.14

3.39

8.53

II

15.39

10.40

25.79

III

11.93

7.76

19.69

IV

13.78

12.29

26.07

V

14.73

13.36

28.09

VI

11.38

8.68

20.06




Table 2. Percent of chemicals used for control of boll weevils by class and district, 1992.

District

P

OP

OC/OP

C

BT

 

-----------------------%----------------------------

I

17.99

74.97

1.87

5.17

 

II

14.11

82.08

 

3.81

 

III

25.00

67.18

1.66

6.16

 

IV

9.23

85.90

 

4.87

 

V

14.18

80.57

 

5.25

 

VI

19.40

66.97

 

2.48

11.15

P = Pyrethroid
OP = Organophosphate
OC/OP = Organochlorine/Organophosphate
C = Carbamate
BT = Biologicals


Table 3. Cost of bollworm/tobacco budworm control by district, 1992.

District

Material
Costs

Application
Costs

Total
Costs

 

--------------$/acre-------------

I

56.42

12.39

68.81

II

28.27

6.19

34.47

III

43.41

10.57

53.98

IV

12.28

3.23

15.50

V

22.20

4.97

27.16

VI

33.69

7.14

40.83




Table 4. Percent of chemicals used for control of bollworm/tobacco budworm by class and district, 1992.

District

P

OP

OC/OP

C

BT

 

----------------------------- % --------------------------------

I

46.92

27.82

46

19.58

5.22

II

70.76

15.60

7.59

6.04

 

III

56.52

22.87

1.24

11.04

8.32

IV

70.11

12.79

7.98

9.12

 

V

67.95

22.44

9.60

 

 

VI

42.02

26.86

13.94

17.17

 

P = Pyrethroid
OP = Organophosphate
OC/OP = Organochlorine/Organophosphate
C = Carbamate
BT = Biologicals


Table 5. Percent of chemicals used for control of aphids by class and district, 1992.

District

P

OP

OC/OP

C

BT

 

----------------%--------------------

I

19.90

65.46

8.81

6.11

 

II

50.00

50.00

 

 

 

III

23.43

55.14

15.89

5.53

 

IV

33.33

66.67

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

50.00

50.00

VI

47.37

52.63

 

 

 

P = Pyrethroid
OP = Organophosphate
OC/OP = Organochlorine/Organophosphate
C = Carbamate
BT = Biologicals


Table 6. Percent of expenditures attributed to control of boll weevil, bollworm/tobacco budworm and other insects, 1992.

District

Boll
Weevil

Bollworm/
Tobacco
Budworm

Other
Insects

 

----------------%---------------------

I

9.37

75.57

15.06

II

38.79

51.83

9.39

III

22.78

62.46

14.98

IV

53.30

31.69

15.14

V

44.09

42.64

13.27

VI

29.37

59.77

12.44




Table 7. Cost of control of all insects by district, 1992.

District

Material
Costs

Application
Costs

Total
Costs

 

----------------$/acre--------------------

I

71.57

19.48

91.05

II

48.22

18.29

66.50

III

63.63

22.80

86.42

IV

30.78

18.14

48.92

V

43.16

20.54

63.70

VI

50.09

18.21

68.30




Table 8. Average insect control costs for all acres of target insect, Region 1 (North Delta), 1994.

Target
Insect

Material
Costs

Application
Costs

Total
Costs

 

------------$/acre------------

Boll Weevil

9.02

4.40

13.42

Aphids

3.98

1.35

5.33

White Fly

.14

.04

.17

Cut Worm

1.79

.43

2.23

Beet Armyworm

4.84

.96

5.80

Loopers

.62

.14

.76

Tarnished Plant Bug

5.99

2.73

8.72

Bollworm/TBW

39.50

9.10

48.60

Thrips

6.24

4.03

10.27

Fall Armyworm

.64

.11

.75

Other

.19

.04

.23

Total

72.95

23.34

96.29


Table 9. Average insect control costs for all acres of target insect, Region 2 (South Delta), 1994.

Target
Insect

Material
Costs

Application
Costs

Total
Costs

 

-------------------------$/acre----------------------------

Boll Weevil

15.22

10.72

25.94

Aphids

1.07

0.45

1.53

White Fly

0.04

0.02

0.06

Cut Worm

4.82

1.47

6.30

Beet Armyworm

8.10

1.69

9.79

Loopers

0.68

0.15

0.83

Tarnished Plant Bug

7.80

2.84

10.65

Bollworm/TBW

32.35

8.34

40.69

Thrips

6.14

3.60

9.74

Fall Armyworm

0.81

0.21

1.02

Other

0.67

0.29

0.96

Total

77.73

29.78

107.50


Table 10. Average insect control costs, 1995, Zones 1 and 2.

Target
Insect

Material
Costs

Application
Costs

Total
Costs

 

-------------------------$/acre----------------------------

Aphids

6.52

2.39

8.91

Beet armyworm,
Fall armyworm

2.92

.40

3.32

Boll Weevil

6.02

3.72

9.74

Bollworm

6.47

1.26

7.73

Plant bugs, fleahoppers,
lygusbugs

4.29

1.80

6.09

Spider mites

.32

.06

0.38

Budworm

51.90

8.56

60.46

Thrips

10.24

1.17

11.41

Other

.62

.10

0.72

Total

89.30

19.46

108.76


Table 11. Average insect control costs, 1995, Zone 3.

Target
Insect

Material
Costs

Application
Costs

Total
Costs

 

-------------------------$/acre----------------------------

Aphids

1.42

.44

1.86

Beet armyworm,
Fall armyworm

6.29

.71

6.99

Boll weevil

13.98

10.14

24.12

Bollworm

8.67

1.75

10.42

Plant bugs, fleahoppers,
lygusbugs

2.37

.84

3.21

Spider mites

.07

.01

0.08

Budworm

63.13

10.65

73.78

Thrips

7.80

.86

8.66

Other

.25

.05

.30

Total

103.98

24.45

129.43


Table 12. Price of 1 lb/AI of commonly used insecticides for cotton insect control, 1990-1995.

Insecticides

Class*

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

 

----------------- $ --------------------

Dimethoate

OP

6.80

6.93

6.68

6.58

6.44

6.37

Methyl parathion

OP

4.18

4.15

4.74

5.34

5.66

5.85

Vydate

C

14.70

14.06

16.50

17.96

31.78

29.97

Bidrin

OP

8.14

8.74

9.24

9.76

9.62

10.82

Orthene

OP

8.07

7.55

7.97

8.71

9.36

9.72

Larvin

C

13.76

13.94

13.89

14.25

14.47

14.77

Lannate

C

17.89

21.39

24.60

24.39

25.34

25.18

Curacron

OP

12.73

9.65

10.27

11.40

11.33

11.39

Bolstar

OP

7.91

8.41

9.13

9.66

9.72

10.28

Karate

P

174.64

187.90

208.70

220.88

226.87

223.14

Baythroid

P

154.17

166.31

184.98

193.28

198.19

198.83

Scout

P

238.04

260.13

283.65

299.18

304.20

301.11

Asana

P

142.22

152.53

166.80

178.86

183.90

185.54

Temik

C

17.38

17.61

18.40

19.60

19.68

20.31

*P = Pyrethroid
OP = Organophosphate
OC/OP = Organochlorine/Organophosphate
C = Carbamate
BT = Biologicals