Pesticide Use and Pest Management Practices
for Major Crops in North Dakota 1996

 ER 43
1998

Table 11. SUNFLOWER: Herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, and desiccant usage and application method. North Dakota, 1996.

 

 

 Applicator Method
of application
Acres
treated2		 Acres
treated		 Applications Farm
operator		 Custom
1 2 3 Aerial Ground
(1000) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

Herbicide1
Acifluorfen 1.0 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 . - 100.0
Alachlor+Trifluralin 0.6 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Bromoxynil 1.9 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
EPTC 14.0 1.2 92.8 7.2 - 21.7 78.3 - 100.0
Ethalfluralin 511.8 43.4 98.2 1.8 - 81.1 18.9 5.5 94.5
Glyphosate 9.3 0.8 100.0 - - 87.2 12.8 12.8 87.2
Imazamethabenz 68.1 5.8 95.8 4.2 - 85.3 14.7 14.0 86.0
Pendimethalin 7.5 0.6 100.0 - - 91.1 8.9 - 100.0
Quizalofop-P 1.9 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - 30.5 69.5
Sethoxydim 84.0 7.1 96.2 3.8 - 79.0 21.0 0.9 99.1
Triallate 3.9 0.3 100.0 - - 47.9 52.1 - 100.0
Trifluralin 415.4 35.2 99.4 0.6 - 81.4 18.6 2.3 97.7
All Herbicides 1119.3 94.9 98.3 1.7 - 80.5 19.5 4.5 95.5

Insecticide
Bacillus thuringiensis 1.4 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Carbaryl 7.0 0.6 100.0 - - 3.9 96.1 96.1 3.9
Carbofuran 14.4 1.2 92.6 7.4 - 45.4 54.6 47.2 52.8
Chlorpyifos 2.6 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Esfenvalerate 288.2 24.4 83.1 13.2 3.7 43.9 56.1 57.4 42.6
Ethyl parathion 6.3 0.5 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Fenvalerate 2.1 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Lamnda-Cyhalothrin 126.0 10.7 98.7 1.3 - 43.5 56.5 61.6 38.4
Malathion 1.7 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Methyl parathion 13.0 1.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 47.5 52.5
Tralomethrin 10.4 0.9 100.0 - - 31.5 68.5 68.5 31.5
All Insecticides 473.0 40.1 89.1 8.6 2.2 41.2 58.8 59.3 40.7

Fungicide
Mancozeb 0.5 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Fungicides 0.5 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0

1Herbicides applied as a tank mixture were considered separately unless a commercial premix was used.

2Multiple applications to the same acreage were totaled as separate values. Thus, acres treated can exceed 100% of planted acres.