据美国棉花病害损失估计委员会报道,美国1989年棉花因病害造成的损失约129万包,损失率为9.6%。在病害发生严重的田纳西和路易斯安那州,病害损失分别高达24.2%和20.0%。在整个棉花病害损失中,苗病损失占38.5%(1989年损失皮棉48万包,占3.7%)。 According to the US Cotton Loss Estimation Committee, the loss of cotton caused by disease in the United States in 1989 was estimated at 1.29 million bales, resulting in a loss rate of 9.6%. In Tennessee and Louisiana, where the disease was serious, the losses were as high as 24.2% and 20.0% respectively. In the entire cotton disease losses, Miao disease losses accounted for 38.5% (in 1989, 480,000 lint cotton loss, accounting for 3.7%).