| Table 21. | TEXAS | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 3736501 | 150650 4 | 1.260 | $6.85 | $8.64 | 2.973 | 192881 |
| Boll /budworms | 3815234 | 157553 4 | 0.655 | $10.52 | $6.89 | 2.704 | 175429 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 1204293 | 468897 | 0.121 | $4.99 | $0.61 | 0.272 | 17617 |
| Lygus | 397600 | 50100 | 0.011 | $5.80 | $0.07 | 0.053 | 3441 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 188253 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Pink Bollworms | 144766 | 50959 | 0.029 | $7.00 | $0.20 | 0.251 | 16253 |
| Spider Mites | 213282 | 27700 | 0.006 | $10.18 | $0.07 | 0.036 | 2354 |
| Thrips, early season | 2365833 | 487529 | 0.128 | $4.65 | $0.60 | 0.347 | 22489 |
| Beet Armyworms | 997816 | 74958 | 0.018 | $14.26 | $0.26 | 0.141 | 9167 |
| Fall Armyworms | 330000 | 3000 | 0.001 | $7.50 | $0.01 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 500 | 200 | 0.000 | $11.50 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 303200 | 10193 | 0.002 | $6.08 | $0.01 | 0.001 | 79 |
| Grasshoppers | 202000 | 22000 | 0.006 | $5.15 | $0.03 | 0.029 | 1883 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 15000 | 1500 | 0.000 | $7.95 | $0.00 | 0.002 | 132 |
| Aphids | 3270028 | 924642 | 0.243 | $7.73 | $1.88 | 0.898 | 58275 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 11000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 154000 | 10000 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 60000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 699535 | 43219 | 0.010 | $8.66 | $0.08 | 0.064 | 4168 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 717610 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 91100 | 13000 | 0.003 | $7.68 | $0.02 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 7.77 | est. Yield per acre: | 473 | Foliar insecticide | $19.36 | ||
| Total Acres: | 4436593 | At planting insecticides | $2.72 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 4306859 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $291,2 53,951 | Bt use license fees | $0.98 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 504167 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $65.65 | eradication | $4.40 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $169,400,167 | TOTAL | $27.47 | ||||
| Table 21a. | TEXAS - COASTAL BEND | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 392193 | 352974 | 5.400 | $6.50 | $35.10 | 4.000 | 29414 |
| Boll /budworms | 313754 | 156877 | 0.400 | $9.82 | $3.93 | 0.800 | 5883 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 392193 | 196097 | 0.500 | $4.95 | $2.48 | 1.000 | 7354 |
| Lygus | 100000 | 4500 | 0.011 | $7.15 | $0.08 | 0.255 | 1875 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 188253 | 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 | 86282 | 1000 | 0.003 | $8.00 | $0.02 | 0.220 | 1618 |
| Thrips, early season | 392193 | 58829 | 0.150 | $4.40 | $0.66 | 1.000 | 7354 |
| Beet Armyworms | 380000 | 15000 | 0.038 | $17.50 | $0.67 | 0.969 | 7125 |
| Fall Armyworms | 275000 | 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 | 292000 | 7843 | 0.020 | $5.54 | $0.11 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Grasshoppers | 100000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 392193 | 137268 | 0.350 | $6.68 | $2.34 | 4.000 | 29414 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 4000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 4000 | 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 | 274535 | 39219 | 0.100 | $8.40 | $0.84 | 0.700 | 5148 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 517610 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 70600 | 7000 | 0.018 | $6.34 | $0.11 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 12.94 | est. Yield per acre: | 380 | Foliar insecticide | $46.34 | ||
| Total Acres: | 392193 | At planting insecticides | $1.57 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 392193 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $55,28 0,388 | Bt use license fees | $0.00 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 95184 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $140.95 | eradication | $11.50 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $31,981,956 | TOTAL | $59.41 | ||||
| Table 21b. | TEXAS - NORTH CENTRAL | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 85000 | 50000 | 1.111 | $6.00 | $6.67 | 4.722 | 4604 |
| Boll /budworms | 90000 | 85000 | 1.417 | $6.00 | $8.50 | 2.500 | 2438 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 100000 | 70000 | 1.556 | $4.00 | $6.22 | 1.667 | 1625 |
| Lygus | 500 | 250 | 0.003 | $5.00 | $0.01 | 0.001 | 1 |
| 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 | 1000 | 500 | 0.006 | $8.00 | $0.04 | 0.002 | 2 |
| Thrips, early season | 90000 | 80000 | 1.778 | $3.50 | $6.22 | 0.100 | 98 |
| 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 | 60000 | 38000 | 0.422 | $7.00 | $2.96 | 1.000 | 975 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 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: | 9.99 | est. Yield per acre: | 403 | Foliar insecticide | $30.63 | ||
| Total Acres: | 90000 | At planting insecticides | $1.56 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 90000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $6,372, 020 | Bt use license fees | $2.25 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 9742 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $70.80 | eradication | $0.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | 85000 | TOTAL | $34.43 | ||||
| Table 21c. | TEXAS - ROLLING PLAINS | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 510000 | 200000 | 0.847 | $5.82 | $4.93 | 4.495 | 33150 |
| Boll /budworms | 320000 | 150000 | 0.458 | $11.02 | $5.04 | 4.231 | 31200 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 150000 | 90000 | 0.153 | $5.10 | $0.78 | 0.203 | 1500 |
| Lygus | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 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 | 35000 | 10000 | 0.019 | $12.90 | $0.24 | 0.101 | 744 |
| Thrips, early season | 40000 | 8000 | 0.014 | $4.50 | $0.06 | 0.028 | 210 |
| Beet Armyworms | 95000 | 32000 | 0.054 | $14.20 | $0.77 | 0.274 | 2019 |
| Fall Armyworms | 15000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.011 | 79 |
| European Cornborers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 10000 | 1500 | 0.003 | $8.35 | $0.02 | 0.007 | 53 |
| Grasshoppers | 92000 | 22000 | 0.045 | $5.15 | $0.23 | 0.218 | 1610 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 15000 | 1500 | 0.003 | $7.95 | $0.02 | 0.015 | 113 |
| Aphids | 190000 | 95000 | 0.193 | $10.25 | $1.98 | 0.547 | 4038 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 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 | 25000 | 3000 | 0.005 | $12.00 | $0.06 | 0.018 | 131 |
| 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: | 10.15 | est. Yield per acre: | 210 | Foliar insecticide | $14.14 | ||
| Total Acres: | 590000 | At planting insecticides | $0.15 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 516000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $34,86 8,930 | Bt use license fees | $0.01 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 74845 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $59.10 | eradication | $2.18 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $25,147,920 | TOTAL | $16.48 | ||||
| Table 21d. | TEXAS - HIGH PLAINS | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 1887600 | 552520 | 0.685 | $7.75 | $5.31 | 2.496 | 91863 |
| Boll/ budworms |
2150000 | 744277 | 0.584 | $11.50 | $6.72 | 2.266 | 83380 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 70000 | 2500 | 0.001 | $4.80 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 1500 | 350 | 0.000 | $5.80 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Pink Bollworms | 400 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 10000 | 1200 | 0.000 | $15.50 | $0.01 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 1492640 | 300000 | 0.124 | $4.85 | $0.60 | 0.432 | 15890 |
| Beet Armyworms | 369170 | 18458 | 0.008 | $12.85 | $0.10 | 0.015 | 561 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 500 | 200 | 0.000 | $11.50 | $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 | 2100000 | 558207 | 0.277 | $7.85 | $2.17 | 0.694 | 25550 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 7000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflie s | 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 | 250000 | 1000 | 0.000 | $8.80 | $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: | 5.90 | est. Yield per acre: | 575 | Foliar insecticide | $14.92 | ||
| Total Acres: | 2420000 | At planting insecticides | $4.18 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 2420000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $130,41 0,736 | Bt use license fees | $0.00 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 217245 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $53.89 | eradication | $4.62 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $72,994,288 | TOTAL | $23.73 | ||||
| Table 21e. | TEXAS - SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 320000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1.032 | 2167 |
| Boll /budworms | 320000 | 200000 | 0.645 | $11.00 | $7.10 | 5.161 | 10833 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 20000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 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 | 1000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 1000 | 700 | 0.002 | $4.00 | $0.01 | 0.001 | 2 |
| Beet Armyworms | 50000 | 1000 | 0.003 | $11.00 | $0.04 | 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 | 136000 | 19000 | 0.123 | $7.00 | $0.86 | 0.329 | 691 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 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 | 500 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 6.52 | est. Yield per acre: | 240 | Foliar insecticide | $8.00 | ||
| Total Acres: | 310000 | At planting insecticides | $0.27 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 310000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $10,64 9,419 | Bt use license fees | $2.98 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 13692 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $34.35 | eradication | $8.26 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $4,600,619 | TOTAL | $19.51 | ||||
| Table 21f. | TEXAS - LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 200000 | 150000 | 4.500 | $7.50 | $33.75 | 1.000 | 2417 |
| Boll /budworms | 200000 | 10000 | 0.050 | $9.00 | $0.45 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 200000 | 10000 | 0.050 | $6.50 | $0.33 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 25000 | 5000 | 0.025 | $7.00 | $0.18 | 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 | 50000 | 5000 | 0.025 | $8.50 | $0.21 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 200000 | 10000 | 0.050 | $7.00 | $0.35 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Beet Armyworms | 10000 | 1000 | 0.005 | $11.00 | $0.06 | 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 | 200000 | 20000 | 0.100 | $6.00 | $0.60 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 75000 | 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 | 150000 | 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 | 10000 | 5000 | 0.025 | $10.00 | $0.25 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 1.00 | est. Yield per acre: | 413 | Foliar insecticide | $36.17 | ||
| Total Acres: | 200000 | At planting insecticides | $0.70 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 175000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $8,505, 500 | Bt use license fees | $1.60 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 2417 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $42.53 | eradication | $0.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $812,000 | TOTAL | $38.47 | ||||
| Table 21g. | TEXAS - FAR WEST | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 71108 | 42995 | 0.525 | $7.00 | $3.67 | 3.864 | 8174 |
| Boll /budworms | 150880 | 49380 | 0.603 | $10.00 | $6.03 | 3.224 | 6821 |
| Cotton Fleahoppe rs | 1500 | 300 | 0.002 | $8.00 | $0.01 | 0.009 | 19 |
| Lygus | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Pink Bollworms | 144366 | 50959 | 0.778 | $7.00 | $5.44 | 6.786 | 14358 |
| Spider Mites | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Beet Armyworms | 13646 | 2500 | 0.015 | $20.00 | $0.31 | 0.150 | 317 |
| 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 | 1200 | 850 | 0.005 | $7.00 | $0.04 | 0.007 | 16 |
| 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 | 11835 | 7167 | 0.070 | $7.50 | $0.53 | 0.036 | 76 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 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: | 14.08 | est. Yield per acre: | 432 | Foliar insecticide | $16.03 | ||
| Total Acres: | 163800 | At planting insecticides | $0.01 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 163066 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $12,86 1,777 | Bt use license fees | $1.39 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 29782 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $78.52 | eradication | $0.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $10,006,910 | TOTAL | $17.43 | ||||
| Table 21h. | TEXAS - SOUTH CENTRAL | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 270600 | 240000 | 2.217 | $6.00 | $13.30 | 5.000 | 22550 |
| Boll /budworms | 270600 | 180000 | 2.328 | $8.50 | $19.79 | 5.000 | 22550 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 270600 | 100000 | 0.370 | $5.50 | $2.03 | 2.000 | 9020 |
| Lygus | 270600 | 40000 | 0.148 | $5.50 | $0.81 | 0.500 | 2255 |
| 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 | 30000 | 10000 | 0.037 | $8.00 | $0.30 | 0.055 | 250 |
| Thrips, early season | 150000 | 30000 | 0.111 | $5.50 | $0.61 | 0.277 | 1250 |
| Beet Armyworms | 80000 | 5000 | 0.037 | $8.50 | $0.31 | 0.089 | 400 |
| Fall Armyworms | 40000 | 3000 | 0.011 | $7.50 | $0.08 | 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 | 10000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 180000 | 50000 | 0.185 | $6.00 | $1.11 | 0.798 | 3600 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 75000 | 10000 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 60000 | 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 | 10000 | 1000 | 0.004 | $5.50 | $0.02 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 13.72 | est. Yield per acre: | 630 | Foliar insecticide | $38.37 | ||
| Total Acres: | 270600 | At planting insecticides | $3.30 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 240600 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $33,92 1,500 | Bt use license fees | $6.86 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 61875 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $125.36 | eradication | $0.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $20,790,000 | TOTAL | $48.53 | ||||