Table 25B

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

ER 43
1998

Table 25B. DESICCANT usage in North Dakota, 1992¹.

							Applicator		Method of application
	Acres treated	Acres treated	Applications				Farm operator	Custom	Method of application
	Acres treated	Acres treated	1	2	3	4	Farm operator	Custom	Aerial	Ground
	(1000)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Desiccant
Diquat	60.8	0.2	72.6	27.4	-	-	52.1	47.9	46.7	53.3
Endothall	4.3	0.0	92.8	7.2	-	-	34.9	65.1	65.1	34.9
Paraquat	4.4	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	37.4	62.6	62.6	37.4
Sodium chlorate	4.2	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	-	100.0	100.0	-
Total	73.7	0.2	76.9	23.1	-	-	47.3	52.7	51.8	48.2

¹Zollinger, R. K., M. P. McMullen, G. K. Dahl, A. G. Dexter, J. D. Nalewaja, W. G. Hamlin, and D. G. Beckler. Pesticide Use and Management Practices for Major Crops in North Dakota. 1992. North Dakota State University in cooperation with North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service, Extension Report No. 15.