Table 12.	GEORGIA					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	1300000	900000	1.673	$9.00	$15.06	1.933	51458
Cotton Fleahoppers	800000	10000	0.007	$6.00	$0.04	0.000	0
Lygus	600000	25000	0.019	$6.00	$0.11	0.000	0
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	20000	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Thrips, early season	1345000	20000	0.015	$5.00	$0.07	0.000	0
Beet Armyworms	400000	125000	0.093	$8.00	$0.74	0.297	7917
Fall Armyworms	400000	150000	0.139	$12.00	$1.67	0.297	7917
European Cornborers	0	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Stink Bugs	350000	75000	0.056	$7.00	$0.39	0.260	6927
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	100000 0	10000	0.007	$7.00	$0.05	0.000	0
Bandedwing Whiteflies	100000	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies	0	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Soybean Loopers	50000	10000	0.007	$12.00	$0.09	0.000	0
Cabbage Loopers	100000	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Western Flower Thrips	200000	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Cutworms	50000	5000	0.004	$7.00	$0.03	0.000	0
							Cost /Acre
Percent Lost:	2.79	est. Yield per acre:		749	Foliar insecticide		$18.26
Total Acres:	1345000				At planting insecticides		$9.81
Total Acres Harvested:	1345000	Total cost and loss insect related:		$83,295,000	Bt use license fees		$9.81
Total Bales Lost:	74219	Total cost + Loss/acre:		$61.93	eradication		$5.50
Bales lost in $$$:	$24,937,500				TOTAL		$43.39