Table 25C

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

ER 43
1998

Table 25C. DESICCANT usage in North Dakota, 1989¹.

							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	12.9	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	21.9	78.1	34.3	65.7
Sodium chlorate	6.3	0.0	73.2	26.8	-	-	-	100.0	89.8	10.2
Sulfuric acid	4.1	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	5.6	94.4	-	100.0
Total	23.3	0.1	92.7	7.3	-	-	13.1	86.9	43.4	56.6

¹McMullen, M. P., A. G. Dexter, J. D. Nalewaja, and G. Dahl. 1990. Pesticide Use on Major Crops in North Dakota, 1989. North Dakota State University in cooperation with North Dakota Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, Extension Report No. 1.