Table 13.	GEORGIA					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	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Boll/budworms	1350000	1100000	2.530	$10.00	$25.30	2.452	73294
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	600000	200000	0.139	$6.00	$0.84	0.209	6250
Cotton Leaf perforators	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Spider Mites	25000	5000	0.003	$10.00	$0.03	0.000	0
Thrips, early season	1300000	150000	0.105	$5.00	$0.52	0.000	0
Beet Armyworms	400000	150000	0.105	$10.00	$1.05	0.000	0
Fall Armyworms	1000000	300000	0.314	$10.00	$3.14	0.448	13383
European Cornborers	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Stink Bugs	750000	200000	0.209	$7.00	$1.46	0.923	27594
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	600000	25000	0.017	$7.00	$0.12	0.000	0
Bandedwing Whiteflies	100000	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies	5000	1000	0.001	$15.00	$0.02	0.017	521
Soybean Loopers	200000	25000	0.017	$12.00	$0.21	0.000	0
Cabbage Loopers	100000	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	20000	5000	0.003	$7.00	$0.02	0.000	0
							Cost/Acre
					foliar insecticide		$32.71
Percent Lost:	4.05	est. Yield per acre:		662	at plaanting		$8.71
Total Acres:	1435000				Bt use fees		$12.65
Total Acres Harvested:	1435000	cost + loss		$132,028,851	eradication		$5.00
Total B65.69ales Lost:	121042	cost + loss/acre		$92.01	scouting		$6.62
Bales lost in $$$:	$37,765,000				TOTAL