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

 ER 43
1998

Table 6. WHEAT: 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
2,4-D 6310.2 49.8 98.5 1.4 0.1 88.1 11.9 7.8 92.2
Acetochlor+safener 1.4 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Barban 0.3 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Bromoxynil 256.4 2.0 100.0 - - 89.7 10.3 10.6 89.4
Bromoxynil+MCPA 895.2 7.1 100.0 - - 88.0 12.0 8.0 92.0
Chlorsulfuron 4.2 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Clopyralid 1.0 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Clopyralid+2,4-D 162.8 1.3 98.6 1.4 - 76.2 23.8 13.2 86.8
Clopyralid+MCPA 4.2 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Dicamba 3659.3 28.9 99.6 0.4 - 89.9 10.1 5.8 94.2
Diclofop 171.8 1.4 100.0 - - 91.7 8.3 8.9 91.1
Difenzoquat 29.1 0.2 100.0 - - 81.0 19.0 3.8 96.2
Ethalfluralin 1.6 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Fenoxaprop 44.8 0.4 100.0 - - 91.2 8.8 1.8 98.2
Fenoxaprop+2,4-D+MCPA 1189.9 9.4 98.3 1.7 - 86.9 13.1 7.9 92.1
Fenoxaprop+Bromoxynil+
MCPA
97.7
0.8
100.0
-
-
91.7
8.3
5.9
94.1
Fenoxaprop+MCPA 619.2 4.9 100.0 - - 84.7 15.3 12.4 87.6
Fenoxaprop+MCPA+
Thifensulfuron+Tribenuron
840.4
6.6
100.0
-
-
79.1
20.9
8.0
92.0
Fenoxaprop-P+safener 241.6 1.9 100.0 - - 87.4 12.6 11.4 88.6
Fenoxaprop-P+MCPAe+
Thifensulfuron
83.0
0.7
100.0
-
-
89.9
10.1
6.4
93.6
Glyphosate 321.7 2.5 86.3 13.7 - 74.8 25.2 8.5 91.5
Glyphosate+Dicamba 57.8 0.5 41.0 59.0 - 100.0 - - 100.0
Imazamethabenz 248.6 2.0 95.4 4.6 - 88.2 11.8 7.0 93.0
MCPA 2009.6 15.8 98.1 1.9 - 90.5 9.5 5.3 94.7
Metsulfuron 264.6 2.1 100.0 - - 89.6 10.4 6.5 93.5
Metsulfuron+Chlorsulfuron 103.1 0.8 100.0 - - 93.3 6.7 8.3 91.7
Picloram 130.6 1.0 100.0 - - 90.6 9.4 3.2 96.8
Propanil 2.4 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Sodium chlorate 2.2 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Thifensulfuron 241.1 1.9 100.0 - - 86.0 14.0 4.7 95.3
Thifensulfuron+Tribenuron 571.6 4.5 100.0 - - 88.4 11.6 8.4 91.6
Tralkoxydim 19.8 0.2 100.0 - - 91.8 8.2 14.8 85.2
Triallate 384.9 3.0 85.1 14.9 - 90.6 9.4 1.1 98.9
Triallate+Trifluralin 171.9 1.4 86.1 13.9 - 90.4 9.6 1.1 98.9
Triasulfuron 247.4 2.0 100.0 - - 75.7 24.3 24.3 75.7
Tribenuron 1663.6 13.1 99.3 0.7 - 88.6 11.4 10.1 89.9
Trifluralin 958.3 7.6 92.6 7.4 - 98.2 1.8 0.5 99.5
All Herbicides 22013.4 173.6 98.1 1.9 0.0 88.4 11.6 7.3 92.7

Insecticide
Carbaryl 13.4 0.1 100.0 - - 62.3 37.7 37.7 62.3
Carbofuran 26.8 0.2 100.0 - - 30.5 69.5 69.5 30.5
Chlorpyifos 450.6 3.6 97.4 2.6 - 20.0 80.0 78.2 21.8
Diazinon 0.1 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Esfenvalerate 2.3 0.0 100.0 - - 47.3 52.7 52.7 47.3
Ethyl parathion 12.7 0.1 41.6 58.4 - - 100.0 100.0 -
Lamnda-Cyhalothrin 34.0 0.3 100.0 - - 10.9 89.1 89.1 10.9
Malathion 4.7 0.0 100.0 - - 41.8 58.2 58.2 41.8
Methyl parathion 0.6 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Methyl parathion (encap) 7.4 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
All Insecticides 552.7 4.4 96.6 3.4 - 20.6 79.4 78.0 22.0

Fungicide
Benlate 76.5 0.6 100.0 - - 24.8 75.2 79.8 20.2
Chlorothalonil 0.3 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Mancozeb 114.5 0.9 77.9 22.1 - 71.0 29.0 45.5 54.5
Maneb+Zinc 6.0 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Propiconazole 88.2 0.7 100.0 - - 52.2 47.8 33.8 66.2
All Fungicide 285.5 2.3 91.2 8.8 - 51.2 48.8 52.2 47.8

Desiccant
Diquat 3.3 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
All Desiccants 3.3 0.0 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0

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.