| Table
8. |
Global
List of 33 Countries with >100,000 Ha. in 2001, Listing
Major Insect Pests and Average Number of Insecticide Sprays/Season |
|
|
Country
|
Area
|
Cotton1
|
Pink1
|
Other3
|
Tobacco
|
Army-worms5
|
#
Insecticide Sprays6
|
|
000
ha
|
Bollworms
|
Bollworms
|
Bollworms
|
Budworm
|
|
India
|
8,730
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
x
|
6-12
|
|
USA
|
5,596
|
X*
|
X
|
|
X
|
x
|
2
|
|
China
|
4,824
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
|
8-12
|
|
Pakistan
|
3,125
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
x
|
6
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
1,453
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
2-3
|
|
Brazil
|
750
|
|
X
|
|
X
|
x
|
8
|
|
Turkey
|
654
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
x
|
4
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
550
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
|
2-3
|
|
Mali
|
516
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
x
|
5
|
|
Benin
|
415
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Australia
|
404
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
|
10
|
|
Nigeria
|
403
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
|
3-4
|
|
Tanzania
|
392
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
2
|
|
Greece
|
381
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
364
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
4
|
|
Burkina
Faso
|
351
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
7-8
|
|
Egypt
|
315
|
|
X
|
|
|
x
|
6-8
|
|
Chad
|
312
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
|
5
|
|
Cote
d'Ivoire
|
285
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
6
|
|
Myanmar
|
270
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
4
|
|
Tajikistan
|
258
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
|
3
|
|
Syria
|
257
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
x
|
2
|
|
Mozambique
|
213
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
4-5
|
|
Iran
|
206
|
X
|
|
X
|
X
|
x
|
4-5
|
|
Cameroon
|
202
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
5
|
|
Uganda
|
200
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
2
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
184
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
|
2-3
|
|
Togo
|
165
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
3
|
|
Argentina
|
152
|
X
|
X
|
|
X
|
x
|
4
|
|
Paraguay
|
150
|
X
|
X
|
|
X
|
x
|
7
|
|
Zambia
|
125
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
5
|
|
Sudan
|
123
|
X
|
|
|
|
|
5-6
|
|
Peru
|
102
|
X
|
X
|
|
x
|
x
|
4-5
|
|
Others
|
1,029
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World
|
33,457
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Source: |
ICAC,
2002 Personal Communication supplemented by other sources.
X signifies that insect can be present as major pest: 1Helicoverpa
armigera *H. zea in the US 2Pectinophora gossypiela 3Earias
and Diparopsis spp. 4Heliothis virescens and other
spp. 5Armyworm and other Spodoptora spp. 6Average
no. of sprays/season where maximum and minimum number can
deviate significantly. |
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