1. On how much cotton acreage did your firm provide insect-related advice in
2004? Total = 231,361 acres
Early Season Insects: What % of your total acreage:
2. Received Temik at planting? 72.0%
3. Received a foliar application(s) for thrips? 72.1%
4. Received a treatment(s) for aphids? 7.1%
5. Received a treatment(s) for spider mites? 2.9%
6. Received an early (pre-bloom) treatment(s) for plant bugs? 7.2%
7. Was treated prior to bloom for Stink Bugs? 5.6%
Bollworm Management & Bt Cotton:
8. Planted to BG-II or WideStrike? 2.1%
9. What % of your total cotton acreage was planted to Bt cotton (please include
stacked cotton)? 88.4 %
10. Of the Bt acreage, what % was...
Untreated? % 9.7 %
Treated 1 time? % 61.3 %
Treated 2 times? % 27.6 %
Treated 3 times? % 1.4 %
For an Average of 1.21 times.
11. Of your Bt acreage, what % was treated Stink bugs ? 54.5 %
Of your Conventional acreage, what % was treated Stink bugs ? 21.3 %
12. On your conventional cotton, what was the average number of treatments
for late season insects
(this year, primarily from the major bollworm moth flight, and perhaps bug pests)?
Average # of treatments ; 2.3
Range: From (1) ; To (4)