| Table 20. | SOUTH CAROLINA | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 1440 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 275000 | 275000 | 3.319 | $10.00 | $33.19 | 4.741 | 27214 |
| 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 | 20000 | 20000 | 0.069 | $7.50 | $0.52 | 0.007 | 40 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 10000 | 1000 | 0.005 | $15.00 | $0.08 | 0.017 | 99 |
| Thrips, early season | 280000 | 60000 | 0.207 | $5.00 | $1.03 | 0.966 | 5542 |
| Beet Armyworms | 5000 | 500 | 0.002 | $15.00 | $0.03 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 100000 | 30000 | 0.155 | $15.50 | $2.41 | 0.345 | 1979 |
| European Cornborers | 5000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 150000 | 125000 | 0.431 | $9.00 | $3.88 | 0.776 | 4453 |
| 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 | 190000 | 50000 | 0.172 | $9.00 | $1.55 | 0.131 | 752 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 500 | 100 | 0.000 | $10.00 | $0.00 | 0.001 | 5 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| foliar insecticide | $42.68 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 6.98 | est. Yield per acre: | 675 | at planting | $14.22 | ||
| Harvested Acres | 290000 | Bt use fees | $10.24 | ||||
| Total Acres | 290000 | cost + loss : | $35,734,419 | eradication | $5.50 | ||
| Total Bales lost | 40083 | cost + Loss/acre: | $123.22 | Scouting | $7.45 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $12,505,919 | TOTAL | $80.10 | ||||