| Table 17. | NORTH CAROLINA | 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 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll /budworms | 716000 | 710000 | 3.07 | $9.40 | $28.90 | 5.200 | 116350 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 716000 | 4000 | 0.01 | $7.25 | $0.04 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Pink Bollworms | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 716000 | 60000 | 0.09 | $5.70 | $0.53 | 0.200 | 4475 |
| Beet Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 716000 | 500 | 0.00 | $9.40 | $0.01 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 716000 | 4000 | 0.01 | $9.20 | $0.05 | 0.800 | 17900 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 716000 | 1000 | 0.00 | $5.25 | $0.01 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 10000 | 2000 | 0.00 | $4.00 | $0.01 | 0.028 | 625 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 6.23 | est. Yield per acre: | 670 | Foliar insecticide | $29.54 | ||
| Total Acres: | 716000 | At planting insecticides | $12.22 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 708000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $80,91 4,900 | Bt use license fees | $2.01 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 139350 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $113.01 | eradication | $3.85 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $46,821,600 | TOTAL | $47.62 | ||||