Table 25A

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

ER 43
1998

Table 25A. DESICCANT usage in North Dakota, 1996.

						Applicator		Method of application
	Acres treated²	Acres treated	Applications			Farm operator	Custom	Method of application
	Acres treated²	Acres treated	1	2	3	Farm operator	Custom	Aerial	Ground
	(1000)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Desiccant
Diquat	51.5	0.1	72.3	27.7	-	46.6	53.4	45.1	54.9
Endothall	2.4	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	100.0	34.1	65.9
Paraquat	8.8	0.0	100.0	-	-	8.6	91.4	83.3	16.7
Sodium chlorate	9.3	0.0	100.0	-	-	7.9	92.1	92.1	7.9
Total	72.0	0.2	80.2	19.8	-	35.4	64.6	55.5	44.5

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.