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

 ER 43
1998

Table 16. SUGARBEET: 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 4 Aerial Ground
(1000) (%) (%) (%) (%)   (%) (%) (%) (%)
Herbicide1
Clethodim 35.3 15.6 97.6 2.4 - - 96.8 3.2 5.6 94.4
Clopyralid 121.4 53.6 40.2 41.0 18.9 - 98.3 1.7 4.5 95.5
Cycloate 10.1 4.5 100.0 - - - 76.8 23.2 - 100.0
Desmedipham 225.9 99.7 27.2 41.1 27.1 4.6 95.0 5.0 5.0 95.0
Desmedipham+Phenmedipham 242.4 107.0 27.4 40.6 25.7 6.3 92.1 7.9 4.3 95.7
Desmedipham+Phenmedipham+
Ethofumesate		 44.3 19.5 36.9 37.2 25.9 - 86.8 13.2 11.6 88.4
Diethatyl 0.2 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Endothall 4.0 1.8 100.0 - - - 64.0 36.0 36.0 64.0
EPTC 2.4 1.0 100.0 - - - 47.6 52.4 - 100.0
Ethofumesate 27.0 11.9 45.1 36.1 18.8 - 86.2 13.8 13.5 86.5
Glyphosate 12.2 5.4 100.0 - - - 78.8 21.2 - 100.0
Paraquat 2.1 0.9 100.0 - - - 90.5 9.5 9.5 90.5
Quizalofop-P 61.7 27.2 61.6 38.4 - - 95.3 4.7 4.3 95.7
Sethoxydim 90.9 40.1 87.8 6.0 6.2 - 91.9 8.1 4.2 95.8
Trifluralin 4.1 1.8 100.0 - - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Triflusulfuron 233.5 103.0 30.3 47.5 17.0 5.1 96.4 3.6 2.9 97.1
All Herbicides 1117.4 493.1 41.5 36.5 18.6 3.4 93.7 6.3 4.7 95.3

Insecticide
Aldicarb 0.5 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Carbaryl 1.5 0.6 100.0 - - - 25.9 74.1 - 100.0
Chlorpyifos 15.6 6.9 100.0 - - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Terbufos 77.5 34.2 94.2 5.8 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Insecticides 95.1 42.0 95.2 4.8 - - 98.9 1.1 - 100.0

Fungicide
Benlate 5.9 2.6 100.0 - - - 35.0 65.0 65.0 35.0
Mancozeb 13.6 6.0 70.2 16.8 13.1 - 10.1 89.9 69.4 30.6
Maneb+Triphenyltin hydroxide 1.4 0.6 100.0 - - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Maneb+Zinc 1.8 0.8 - 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Ridomil 0.3 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Thiophanate methyl 6.2 2.7 55.3 44.7 - - 44.7 55.3 51.4 48.6
Triphenyltin hydroxide 264.9 116.9 15.8 52.3 25.5 6.4 41.3 58.7 57.5 42.5
All Fungicides 294.1 129.8 21.3 49.4 23.6 5.7 39.4 60.6 58.4 41.6

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.