Results were reported from the 1996 area-wide management program with baculovirus in the Mississippi Delta. A circular study area encompassing approximately 9,972 ha was treated in late April and early May with virus to coincide with the larval emergence of bollworms and tobacco budworms, respectively. Enclosure cages and pheromone traps were monitored to assess the impact of the virus in an area-wide management program. The enclosure cage data were inconclusive due to low emergence in the area. Pheromone trap data suggested that total moth emergence was reduced 40% when compared with moth emergence in untreated areas. A projected cost analysis for a large area-wide program (ca. 324,000 ha) during 1998 in the Mississippi Delta is also addressed.