| Table 9. | ARIZONA | 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 | 140000 | 34000 | 0.155 | $12.57 | $1.95 | 0.043 | 438 |
| Pink Bollworm | 320000 | 100000 | 0.912 | $12.05 | $10.99 | 2.626 | 27000 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 329000 | 10000 | 0.030 | $9.41 | $0.29 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 329000 | 300000 | 2.097 | $17.96 | $37.67 | 2.630 | 27040 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 70000 | 1200 | 0.004 | $14.34 | $0.05 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 12000 | 1200 | 0.004 | $18.00 | $0.07 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 329000 | 66000 | 0.201 | $8.97 | $1.80 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Beet Armyworms | 250000 | 25000 | 0.076 | $18.24 | $1.39 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 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 | 100000 | 10000 | 0.030 | $15.00 | $0.46 | 0.030 | 313 |
| Grasshoppers | 20000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 60000 | 4000 | 0.012 | $12.05 | $0.15 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 250000 | 500 | 0.002 | $14.05 | $0.02 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 250000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 310000 | 280000 | 1.813 | $29.08 | $52.72 | 1.027 | 10559 |
| Soybean Loopers | 200000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 25000 | 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 | 2000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| foliar insecticide | $107.53 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 6.36 | est. Yield per acre: | 1250.00 | At planting | $3.40 | ||
| Total Acres: | 329000 | Bt use fees | $20.47 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 329000 | Cost + Loss: | $67,081,291.00 | Eradication | $1.79 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 65349 | cost + Loss/acre: | $203.89 | Scouting | $8.72 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $20,388,908 | TOTAL | $141.92 | ||||