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

 ER 43
1998

Table 15. POTATO: 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
EPTC 1.7 1.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Glyphosate 12.7 9.5 8.1 91.9 - 91.9 8.1 - 100.0
Linuron 0.5 0.4 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
Metolachlor 9.4 7.0 100.0 - - 75.5 24.5 16.5 83.5
Metribuzin 15.6 11.6 100.0 - - 38.9 61.1 48.2 51.8
Metribuzin+Metolachlor 2.6 1.9 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Pendimethalin 20.6 15.4 100.0 - - 70.4 29.6 21.2 78.8
Pyrazon 6.4 4.8 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Rimsulfuron 18.1 13.5 100.0 - - 96.4 3.6 3.6 96.4
Sethoxydim 20.5 15.3 91.9 8.1 - 78.2 21.8 21.8 78.2
Trifluralin 8.3 6.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Herbicides 116.4 86.8 88.5 11.5 - 78.9 21.1 15.9 84.1

Insecticide
Azinphos-Methyl 17.6 13.1 100.0 - - 92.0 8.0 8.0 92.0
Carbofuran 144.1 107.5 17.5 37.7 44.8 84.3 15.7 15.7 84.3
Dimethoate 14.6 10.9 4.9 - 95.1 95.1 4.9 4.9 95.1
Endosulfan 22.6 16.9 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Esfenvalerate 25.9 19.3 47.5 52.5 - 95.3 4.7 4.7 95.3
Ethyl parathion 0.6 0.4 - - 100.0 100.0 - - 100.0
Fenvalerate 0.2 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Imidacloprid 1.7 1.3 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Lamnda-Cyhalothrin 0.6 0.4 - 100.0 - 100.0 - - 100.0
Methamidophos 25.8 19.3 46.3 - 53.7 77.1 22.9 22.9 77.1
Phorate 14.2 10.6 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Phosphamidon 1.0 0.8 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Insecticides 269.0 200.7 40.0 25.5 34.5 87.5 12.5 12.5 87.5

Fungicide
Chlorothalonil 696.1 519.5 6.3 10.0 11.7 86.4 13.6 16.4 83.6
Copper 7.4 5.5 100.0 - - 87.1 12.9 12.9 87.1
Mancozeb 15.9 11.9 3.1 96.9 - 76.6 23.4 96.9 3.1
Mancozeb+Cymoxanil 6.7 5.0 14.3 - 85.7 - 100.0 100.0 -
Maneb+Triphenyltin
hydroxide		 6.3 4.7 - - 100.0 100.0 - - 100.0
Metalaxyl+Chlorothalonil 16.7 12.4 100.0 - - 71.1 28.9 28.9 71.1
Propamocarb+Chlorothalonil 1.9 1.4 - 100.0 - - 100.0 100.0 -
Ridomil 17.0 12.7 100.0 - - 79.4 20.6 20.6 79.4
Triphenyltin hydroxide 6.2 4.6 7.9 - 92.1 7.9 92.1 92.1 7.9
All Fungicides 774.0 577.6 11.2 11.2 12.8 84.3 15.7 19.8 80.2

Desiccant
Diquat 47.7 35.6 70.1 29.9 - 50.2 49.8 47.6 52.4
Endothall 0.8 0.6 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Paraquat 4.0 3.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 85.8 14.2
All Desiccants 52.6 39.2 72.9 27.1 - 45.6 54.4 51.4 48.6

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.