Table 16.	MISSOURI					Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST	Acres Infested	Acres Treated	# Insect Applic	Cost of 1 Appl	Cost/acre	% Yield Loss	Bales Lost
Boll Weevils	244070	222726	1.451	$9.59	$13.91	3.389	24812
Boll/budworms	317322	198530	0.708	$8.52	$6.03	1.286	9418
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	328947	273051	0.959	$5.00	$4.80	1.329	9729
Cotton Leaf perforators	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Spider Mites	55153	46402	0.251	$5.77	$1.45	0.238	1746
Thrips, early season	165950	47371	0.128	$4.55	$0.58	0.450	3283
Beet Armyworms	598	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Fall Armyworms	9971	2954	0.008	$15.00	$0.12	0.044	324
European Cornborers	67780	1025	0.003	$5.00	$0.01	0.015	107
Stink Bugs	28458	2050	0.000	$5.00	$0.00	0.049	360
Grasshoppers	2809	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Saltmarsh Catepillers	0	0	0.055	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Aphids	35385	20175	0.002	$6.45	$0.35	0.057	420
Bandedwing Whiteflies	2988	598	0.000	$5.00	$0.01	0.000	1
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	90106	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	29276	8644	0.023	$4.90	$0.11	0.051	377
							Cost/Acre
					foliar insecticide		$27.39
Percent Lost:	6.91	est. Yield per acre:		752	at planting		$10.92
Total Acres:	370000				Bt use fees		$0.40
Total Acres Harvested:	365000	cost + loss:		$31,977,648	eradication		$0.00
Total Bales Lost:	50576	cost + Loss/acre:		$86.43	Scouting		$5.08
Bales lost in $$$:	$15,779,564				TOTAL		$43.78