Table 13.	LOUISIANA					Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST	Acres Infested	Acres Treated	# Insect Applic	Cost of 1 Appl	Cost /acre	% Yield Loss	Bales Lost
Boll Weevils	834186	827953	5.524	$3.50	$19.33	4.023	67897
Boll /budworms	836178	816643	3.854	$11.35	$43.75	2.285	38567
Cotton Fleahoppers	163648	58255	0.038	$2.52	$0.10	0.015	253
Lygus	738637	606293	2.444	$5.54	$13.54	0.891	15030
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	314791	11828	0.008	$7.78	$0.06	0.004	61
Thrips, early season	853162	425928	0.699	$3.32	$2.32	0.650	10962
Beet Armyworms	115506	37894	0.037	$9.03	$0.33	0.004	67
Fall Armyworms	82148	17045	0.001	$7.50	$0.01	0.000	0
European Cornborers	0	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Stink Bugs	28855	102	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Grasshoppers	0	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Saltmarsh Catepillers	206914	13787	0.009	$2.75	$0.02	0.000	0
Aphids	434903	161144	0.170	$7.40	$1.26	0.140	2360
Bandedwing Whiteflies	61277	6531	0.004	$4.40	$0.02	0.000	0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies	998	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.000	0
Soybean Loopers	380403	22862	0.018	$5.96	$0.10	0.022	369
Cabbage Loopers	114625	1995	0.000	$5.36	$0.00	0.005	89
Western Flower Thrips	478930	0	0.000	$0.00	$0.00	0.006	93
Cutworms	166889	138416	0.121	$2.38	$0.29	0.015	259
							Cost /Acre
Percent Lost:	8.06	est. Yield per acre:		701	Foliar insecticide		$81.14
Total Acres:	870822				At planting insecticides		$7.96
Total Acres Harvested:	867622	Total cost and loss insect related:		$127,556,757	Bt use license fees		$4.90
Total Bales Lost:	136005	Total cost + Loss/acre:		$146.48	eradication		$0.00
Bales lost in $$$:	$45,697,606				TOTAL		$94.00