| Table 15. | MISSOURI | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 400000 | 40000 | 0.093 | $9.00 | $0.84 | 0.093 | 833 |
| Boll /budworms | 180000 | 60000 | 0.140 | $12.00 | $1.67 | 1.256 | 11250 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 100000 | 20000 | 0.047 | $11.00 | $0.51 | 0.047 | 417 |
| 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 | 5000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 1 |
| Thrips, early season | 430000 | 283200 | 0.659 | $10.00 | $6.59 | 2.000 | 17917 |
| Beet Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 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 | 430000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.010 | 90 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 430000 | 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 | 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: | 3.41 | est. Yield per acre: | 725 | Foliar insecticide | $9.61 | ||
| Total Acres: | 430000 | At planting insecticides | $7.92 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 410000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $17,79 5,650 | Bt use license fees | $0.02 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 30507 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $41.39 | eradication | $0.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $10,250,450 | TOTAL | $17.55 | ||||