COOPERATIVE REGIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT
SOUTHERN REGION
PROJECT NUMBER: S-282

COTTON DISEASE LOSS ESTIMATES

 

Table 1. Cotton Disease Loss Estimates 1993-1995.

  1993 1994 1995
Disease % Loss Bales Lost % Loss Bales Lost % Loss Bales Lost
Fusarium wilt 0.3 58,099 0.41 68,037 0.42 73,748
Verticillium wilt 1.2 246,000 1.12 240,346 1.22 254,246
Bacterial blight 0.1 25,442 0.13 61,420 0.10 41,162
Phymatotricum 0.5 162,554 0.61 211,471 0.51 222,212
Seedling disease 3.5 836,309 3.38 546,705 3.82 828,199
Ascochyta blight 0.8 470,914 0.065 7,667 0.09 8,712
Boll rot 2.1 387,296 1.70 239,341 2.45 462,359
Leaf spots, etc. 0.5 528,507 0.48 86,665 0.68 139,401
NEMATODES 2.7 528,432 3.27 632,354 3.54 778,703

From Cotton Disease Loss Estimates Committee Reports, Compiled by D. Blasingame, Mississippi State University, MS. Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences.

Cost per bale = $400.

 

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