| Table 20. | TENNESSEE | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 175806 | 161050 | 0.944 | $5.70 | $5.38 | 2.209 | 22448 |
| Boll /budworms | 104431 | 57750 | 0.215 | $10.53 | $2.26 | 0.846 | 8593 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 155931 | 45900 | 0.114 | $5.76 | $0.65 | 0.694 | 7050 |
| 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 | 390 | 143 | 0.000 | $5.82 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 161931 | 82750 | 0.182 | $3.94 | $0.72 | 0.983 | 9986 |
| Beet Armyworms | 300 | 0 | 0.000 | $15.60 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 1075 | 150 | 0.000 | $9.00 | $0.00 | 0.003 | 33 |
| European Cornborers | 2050 | 150 | 0.000 | $9.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 57750 | 3294 | 0.006 | $4.99 | $0.03 | 0.174 | 1770 |
| Grasshoppers | 500 | 150 | 0.000 | $6.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 38500 | 725 | 0.001 | $12.96 | $0.02 | 0.004 | 36 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 15667 | 0 | 0.000 | $8.30 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 3 |
| 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 | 41667 | 75 | 0.000 | $13.20 | $0.00 | 0.001 | 8 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 3467 | 2217 | 0.004 | $6.86 | $0.03 | 0.000 | 1 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 4.91 | est. Yield per acre: | 620 | Foliar insecticide | $9.10 | ||
| Total Acres: | 537228 | At planting insecticides | $1.91 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 537228 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $23,00 0,414 | Bt use license fees | $0.37 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 49929 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $42.81 | eradication | $0.19 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $16,776,010 | TOTAL | $11.59 | ||||