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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Sharif M. Masud ,
Ronald D. Lacewell ,
John R. Stoll ,
J. Knox Walker ,
James F. Leser  and
Christine Sellar
Sharif M. Masud
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Ronald D. Lacewell
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
John R. Stoll
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
J. Knox Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
James F. Leser
Affiliation:
Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University
Christine Sellar
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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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.

Keywords

cottonbollworm infestationfarmer surveyyield response model
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , December 1985 , pp. 117 - 126
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1985

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