| Table 8. | ALABAMA | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 410000 | 185000 | 0.500 | $9.00 | $4.50 | 3.154 | 30260 |
| Pink Bollworm | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 122000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 410000 | 171000 | 0.187 | $5.50 | $1.03 | 2.854 | 27385 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 20000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.025 | 244 |
| Thrips, early season | 410000 | 109000 | 0.183 | $4.00 | $0.73 | 0.869 | 8336 |
| Beet Armyworms | 34000 | 2000 | 0.005 | $14.00 | $0.07 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 382000 | 123000 | 0.600 | $15.00 | $9.00 | 0.626 | 6008 |
| European Cornborers | 25000 | 2000 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 385000 | 193000 | 0.419 | $7.00 | $2.93 | 1.568 | 15044 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 410000 | 17000 | 0.024 | $9.98 | $0.24 | 0.517 | 4964 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 265000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 5000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 21000 | 2000 | 0.005 | $14.00 | $0.07 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 125000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 38000 | 21000 | 0.002 | $7.96 | $0.02 | 0.002 | 0 |
| Cost / Acre: | |||||||
| Foliar insecticide | $18.59 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 9.61 | est. Yield per acre: | 627 | at planting | $10.32 | ||
| Total Acres: | 410000 | Bt use fees | $23.33 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 405000 | Cost + Loss | $56,302,953 | Eradication | $9.40 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 92241 | cost + Loss/acre: | $137.32 | scouting | $5.50 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $28,779,238 | TOTAL | $67.13 | ||||
| Table 8a. | NORTH ALABAMA | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 125000 | 70000 | 0.560 | $9.00 | $5.04 | 1.000 | 3047 |
| Pink Bollworm | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 125000 | 100000 | 1.600 | $4.80 | $7.68 | 5.000 | 15234 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 20000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.080 | 244 |
| Thrips, early season | 125000 | 30000 | 0.240 | $3.00 | $0.72 | 2.000 | 6094 |
| Beet Armyworms | 30000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 125000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.500 | 1523 |
| European Cornborers | 5000 | 2000 | 0.016 | $10.00 | $0.16 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 100000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.040 | $11.00 | $0.44 | 1.000 | 3047 |
| Aphids | 125000 | 5000 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 125000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 125000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 35000 | 20000 | 0.160 | $5.00 | $0.80 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| $14.84 | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 9.58 | est. Yield per acre: | 585 | $10.50 | |||
| Total Acres: | 125000 | $26.13 | |||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 125000 | cost + loss | $17,558,238 | $10.30 | |||
| Total Bales Lost: | 29189 | cost + Loss/acre: | $140.47 | $5.84 | |||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $9,106,988 | $67.61 | |||||
| Table 8b. | CENTRAL ALABAMA | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 80000 | 12500 | 0.156 | $9.00 | $1.41 | 2.500 | 4792 |
| Pink bollworm | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 40000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 80000 | 20000 | 0.250 | $5.50 | $1.38 | 4.000 | 7667 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 80000 | 4000 | 0.050 | $4.00 | $0.20 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Beet Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 52000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 80000 | 50000 | 0.625 | $6.00 | $3.75 | 2.000 | 3833 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 80000 | 2000 | 0.025 | $10.00 | $0.25 | 1.000 | 1917 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 40000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 1000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| Foliar insecticide | $6.98 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 9.50 | est. Yield per acre: | 700 | at planting | $10.24 | ||
| Total Acres: | 80000 | Bt use fees | $28.48 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 80000 | cost + loss | $11,401,500 | eradication | $19.25 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 18208 | cost + Loss/acre: | $142.52 | scouting | $6.56 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $5,681,000 | TOTAL | $71.51 | ||||
| Table 8c. | SOUTH ALABAMA | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 205000 | 102500 | 1.000 | $9.00 | $9.00 | 5.000 | 22422 |
| Pink Bollworm | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 82000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 205000 | 51000 | 0.373 | $5.50 | $2.05 | 1.000 | 4484 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 205000 | 75000 | 0.366 | $4.00 | $1.46 | 0.500 | 2242 |
| Beet Armyworms | 4000 | 2000 | 0.010 | $14.00 | $0.14 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 205000 | 123000 | 1.200 | $15.00 | $18.00 | 1.000 | 4484 |
| European Cornborers | 20000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 205000 | 143000 | 0.837 | $7.00 | $5.86 | 2.500 | 11211 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 205000 | 10000 | 0.049 | $10.00 | $0.49 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 100000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 5000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 20000 | 2000 | 0.010 | $14.00 | $0.14 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 3000 | 1000 | 0.005 | $8.00 | $0.04 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| foliar insecticide | $37.18 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 10.00 | est. Yield per acre: | 625 | at planting | $10.24 | ||
| Total Acres: | 205000 | Bt use fees | $19.61 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 200000 | cost + loss | $29,756,575 | eradication | $5.00 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 44844 | cost + Loss/acre: | $145.15 | Scouting | $4.88 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $13,991,250 | TOTAL | $76.90 | ||||