Impact of a More Intensive Insect Pest Infestation Level on Cotton Production: Texas High Plains

Sharif M. Masud, Ronald D. Lacewell, John R. Stoll, J. Knox Walker, James F. Leser and Christine Sellar

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1985, vol. 17, issue 2, 117-126

Abstract: This study evaluated implications of increased bollworm problems in a 20-county area of the Texas High Plains relative to cotton yields and economic impact. Results did not indicate a serious effect of bollworms upon lint yield when insecticides were used for control. However, estimated annual reduction in farmer profit due to the bollworm for 1979-81 was over $30 million. Yields were estimated to decline about 300,000 bales without insecticide use and about 30,000 bales with insecticide use. This decline suggests potentially serious implications for the comparative economic position of cotton in this region if insecticide resistance were to develop among insect pests.

Date: 1985
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