| Table 10. | CALIFORNIA* | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll /budworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 800000 | 500000 | 0.425 | $30.00 | $12.76 | 1.361 | 45000 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Pink Bollworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 750000 | 500000 | 0.851 | $24.00 | $20.42 | 0.957 | 31641 |
| Thrips, early season | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Beet Armyworms | 100000 | 50000 | 0.043 | $12.50 | $0.53 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 750000 | 100000 | 0.102 | $40.00 | $4.08 | 0.638 | 21094 |
| Bandedwi ng Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 250000 | 100000 | 0.102 | $25.00 | $2.55 | 0.106 | 3516 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 3.06 | est. Yield per acre: | 1150 | Foliar insecticide | $40.34 | ||
| Total Acres: | 1175555 | At planting insecticides | $0.77 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 1175555 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $82,345,000 | Bt use license fees | $0.00 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 101250 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $70.05 | eradication | $0.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $34,020,000 | TOTAL | $41.11 | ||||