Table 15–Pesticide use report--fiscal year 1996

Table 15–Pesticide use report--fiscal year 1996          
    Units Quantity  
    treated used  
Common name Management Objective Treatment unit   Pounds 1/  
Fungicides and fumigants:          
Ammonium chloride compounds Disinfectant Greenhouses 0.1 0.3  
Basamid Soil fumigation Acres 0.4 99.0  
Nursery disease control Acres 64.4 61.7  
  Nursery disease control Seedlings 1,313,000.0 100.0  
Borax Disease control Acres 35,564.0 21,233.3  
Captan Disease control Acres 0.2 10.0  
Carboxin/Thiram Nursery disease control Acres 0.1 0.1  
Chlorothalonil Disease control Acres 92.3 164.2  
  Fungus control Acres 27.5 41.3  
  Nursery disease control Acres 60.9 82.4  
  Seed orchard protection Acres 34.0 94.2  
Copper sulfate Disease control Acres 3.5 2.7  
DCNA Disease control Greenhouses 15.0 21.0  
  Nursery disease control Acres 0.2 0.2  
  Nursery disease control Buildings 1.0 3.8  
Dazomet Nursery disease control Acres 61.0 21,350.0  
  Soil fumigation Acres 46.9 16,756.5  
Dodine Fungus control Acres 6.0 7.8  
  Nursery disease control Acres 0.2 0.1  
Etridiazole Nursery disease control Acres 0.4 3.9  
Iprodione Disease control Greenhouses 15.0 6.3  
Metalaxyl Nursery disease control Acres 1.0 2.0  
  Nursery disease control Buildings 1.0 0.0  
Methyl bromide Soil fumigation Acres 1.8 634.0  
Methyl bromide/Chloropicrin Nursery disease control Acres 11.5 4,025.0  
  Soil fumigation Acres 60.3 15,142.0  
Propiconazole Nursery disease control Acres 54.6 6.7  
Thiophanate-methyl Disease control Acres 0.3 5.5  
  Disease control Greenhouses 15.0 7.8  
  Fungus control Acres 46.0 39.1  
  Nursery disease control Acres 24.5 11.0  
  Nursery disease control Buildings 1.0 0.1  
Thiram Fungus control Pounds of seed 165.0 28.0  
Triadimefon Disease control Acres 0.1 0.2  
  Nursery disease control Acres 428.0 10.3  
Research Greenhouses 1.0 0.1  
Total 1996 fungicides and fumigants   Acres 36,590.1    
    Buildings 3.0    
    Greenhouses 46.1    
    Pounds of seed 165.0    
    Seedlings 1,313,000.0    
           
      Total Lbs 79,950.6  
See footnotes at end of table.          
Table 15–Pesticide use report--fiscal year 1996--Continued          
    Units Quantity  
    treated used  
Common name Management Objective Treatment unit   Pounds 1/  
Herbicides, algicides, and plant growth          
regulators:          
2,4-D Agriculture weed control Acres 104.0 125.8  
  Noxious weed control Acres 5,840.6 3,145.8  
  Nursery weed control Acres 168.0 45.0  
  Recreation improvement Acres 8.0 12.0  
  Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 0.9 2.5  
  Seed orchard protection Acres 12.0 0.8  
  Vegetation management Acres 1.0 0.1  
  Wildlife habitat improvement Acres 31.0 29.6  
2,4-D/Clopyralid Agriculture weed control Acres 17.0 38.5  
  Noxious weed control Acres 1,530.5 1,562.3  
  Recreation improvement Acres 15.0 0.6  
2,4-D/Dicamba Noxious weed control Acres 3,651.8 4,966.6  
2,4-D/Glyphosate Agriculture weed control Acres 24.0 10.7  
  Noxious weed control Acres 244.5 145.0  
  Wildlife habitat improvement Acres 2.0 1.5  
2.4-D/Metsulfuron-me./Picloram Noxious weed control Acres 103.0 21.4  
2,4-D/Metsulfuron-methyl Noxious weed control Acres 343.0 417.7  
2,4-D/Picloram Agriculture weed control Acres 75.0 88.8  
  Noxious weed control Acres 11,263.2 10,112.3  
  Wildlife habitat improvement Acres 300.0 60.0  
2,4-D/Triclopyr Nursery weed control Acres 1.0 1.5  
Agribrom Nursery weed control Acres 0.1 0.0  
Aphthona lacertosa Noxious weed control Acres 1.0 500.0 Insects
Bentazon Nursery weed control Acres 0.2 0.2  
Bromacil/Diuron Vegetation management Acres 248.5 9.4  
Ceutorhynchus litura Noxious weed control Acres 2.0 904.0 Insects
Chlorsulfuron Noxious weed control Acres 143.0 4.6  
Clopyralid Noxious weed control Acres 1,023.3 224.5  
Copper compounds Aquatic vegetation control Acres 6.0 1.0  
Cyanazine/Metolachlor Noxious weed control Acres 40.0 120.0  
DCPA Nursery weed control Acres 14.5 117.0  
Dicamba Noxious weed control Acres 832.8 339.9  
  Nursery weed control Acres 15.0 15.4  
Diuron Vegatation management Acres 6.0 0.6  
Diuron/Sulfometuron-methyl Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 40.0 198.0  
EPTC Noxious weed control Acres 15.0 26.5  
Fosamine ammonium Noxious weed control Acres 13.5 108.7  
  Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 126.0 140.0  
Fosamine ammonium/Imazapyr Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 80.0 120.0  
Fosamine ammonium/Triclopyr Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 115.1 561.0  
Glyphosate Aquatic vegetation control Acres 2.0 0.5  
  Conifer and hardwood release Acres 96.0 74.9  
  Conifer release Acres 5,692.0 8,679.6  
  Housekeeping/facilities maint. Acres 126.6 241.2  
  Noxious weed control Acres 2,211.6 773.8  
  Nursery weed control Acres 622.2 951.5  
  Recreation improvement Acres 47.0 19.6  
  Research Acres 2.3 5.2  
  Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 93.0 252.0  
  Seed orchard protection Acres 77.7 254.0  
  Site preparation Acres 2,831.0 2,329.7  
  Weed control Acres 50.0 52.0  
  Wildlife habitat improvement Acres 497.8 587.6  
See footnotes at end of table.          
Table 15–Pesticide use report--fiscal year 1996--Continued          
    Units Quantity  
    treated used  
Common name Management Objective Treatment unit   Pounds 1/  
Herbicides, algicides, and plant growth          
regulators: (Continued)          
Glyphosate/Imazapyr Conifer release Acres 525.0 651.8  
Glyphosate/Oryzalin Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 2.7 9.7  
Glyphosate/Sulfometuron-methyl Herbaceous weed control Acres 100.0 334.8  
  Site preparation Acres 781.0 146.4  
Glyphosate/Triclopyr Conifer release Acres 2,494.0 4,810.1  
  Research Acres 72.5 131.3  
  Site preparation Acres 128.0 384.0  
Hexazinone Conifer release Acres 2,152.0 4,857.4  
  Site preparation Acres 4,850.0 10,859.3  
Hexazinone/Sulfometuron-methyl Conifer release Acres 95.0 28.5  
  Site preparation Acres 2,058.0 115.2  
Imazapyr Conifer release Acres 1,262.0 275.2  
  Hardwood release Acres 380.0 20.0  
  Nursery weed control Acres 50.0 22.0  
  Recreation improvement Acres 2.0 2.5  
  Site preparation Acres 269.0 2.5  
Imazapyr/Triclopyr Conifer release Acres 3,856.0 3,022.7  
  Site preparation Acres 3,403.0 2,477.0  
Larinus planus Noxious weed control Acres 1.0 400.0 Insects
Larinus/Urophora Noxious weed control Acres 4.0 100,000.0 Insects
Metsulfuron-methyl Noxious weed control Acres 867.6 25.2  
Metsulfuron-methyl/Picloram Noxious weed control Acres 210.0 0.8  
  Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 11.0 2.1  
Oberea erythrocephala Noxious weed control Acres 1.0 200.0 Insects
Oxyfluorfen Nursery weed control Acres 286.7 191.2  
Pendimethalin Housekeeping/facilities maint. Acres 3.0 4.0  
Phenmedipham/Desmedipham Nursery weed control Acres 0.9 0.5  
Picloram Agriculture weed control Acres 43.0 20.7  
  Noxious weed control Acres 17,609.4 5,366.0  
  Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 0.1 0.7  
  Site preparation Acres 123.0 44.5  
  Wildlife habitat improvement Acres 173.0 46.6  
Picloram/Triclopyr Noxious weed control Acres 5.0 10.8  
Sethoxydim Nursery weed control Acres 23.5 15.2  
Simazine Nursery weed control Acres 2.1 25.0  
Sulfometuron-methyl Housekeeping/facilities maint. Acres 3.0 1.0  
  Site preparation Acres 497.0 62.1  
Triclopyr Conifer and hardwood release Acres 1,421.0 1,136.9  
  Conifer release Acres 6,434.1 4,681.4  
  Hardwood release Acres 1,283.0 1,042.3  
  Housekeeping Acres 1.0 0.8  
  Housekeeping/facilities maint. Acres 4.0 13.0  
  Noxious weed control Acres 31.5 24.1  
  Nursery weed control Acres 0.1 0.1  
  Right-of-way vegetation mgmt. Acres 168.0 465.4  
  Site preparation Acres 16,420.0 5,349.0  
  Thinning Acres 560.0 319.5  
  Wildlife habitat improvement Acres 2,141.0 1,797.3  
Urophora cardui Noxious weed control Acres 1.0 1,000.0 Insects
Total 1996 herbicides, algicides, and plant regulators   Acres 109,615.9    
        103,004.0 Insects
      85,793.5 Lbs.
See footnotes at end of table.          
           
Table 15–Pesticide use report--fiscal year 1996--Continued          
    Units Quantity  
    treated used  
Common name Management Objective Treatment unit   Pounds 1/  
Insecticides, acaricides, and          
pheromones:          
Acephate Insect eradication Ribes plants 350.0 0.0  
  Nursery insect control Acres 35.6 35.6  
  Nursery insect control Buildings 1.0 0.8  
  Research Greenhouses 1.0 0.1  
  Seed orchard protection Greenhouses 1.0 0.5  
Bacillus thuringiensis Insect suppression Acres 2,015.0 48,400.0 BIU
      209.0 459.2  
Bifenthrin Insect suppression Acres 16.0 2.0  
  Research Greenhouses 1.0 0.1  
Borax Housekeeping/facilities maint. Buildings 1.0 3.9  
Carbaryl Insect eradication Seedlings 30,720.0 0.5  
  Insect suppression Acres 4,970.2 402.6  
  Insect suppression Trees 80.0 40.0  
  Nursery insect control Greenhouses 1.0 0.3  
Chlorpyrifos Insect suppression Acres 51.1 34.1  
  Nursery insect control Acres 22.5 22.5  
Crop oil Recreation improvement Acres 30.0 1,420.0  
Diazinon Nursery insect control Acres 39.0 19.4  
  Recreation improvement Acres 1.0 0.5  
  Vector/plague suppression Acres 1,325.0 51.9  
Dienochlor/Acephate Insect eradication Ribes plants 909.0 0.3  
Dimethoate Insect suppression Acres 18.0 9.0  
Disparlure Insect suppression Acres 844.0 72.5  
Dormant oil Insect suppression Acres 16.0 40.0  
Esfenvalerate Insect suppression Acres 20.0 5.3  
  Insect suppression Trees 80.0 0.4  
  Nursery insect control Acres 0.3 0.0  
  Seed orchard protection Acres 29.0 0.7  
Fenbutatin-oxide Insect eradication Ribes plants 561.0 0.1  
  Research Greenhouses 1.0 0.1  
Fenoxycarb Recreation improvement Acres 35.0 8.3  
Fenvalerate Nursery insect control Acres 1.1 1.1  
Hydramethylnon Insect suppression Acres 29.0 65.7  
  Recreation improvement Acres 2.0 1.5  
Imidacloprid Recreation improvement Acres 3.0 0.2  
Malathion Seed orchard protection Acres 63.0 36.0  
Permethrin Seed orchard protection Acres 16.5 1.1  
Potassium salts of fatty acids Insect suppression Acres 2.8 4.2  
  Recreation improvement Acres 35.0 1,562.0  
Total 1996 insecticides, acaricides, and   Acres 9,829.1    
pheromones   Buildings 2.0    
    Greenhouses 5.0    
    Ribes plants 1,820.0    
    Seedlings 30,720.0    
    Trees 160.0    
      BIU 48,400.0  
      Total Lbs 4,302.0  
See footnotes at end of table.          
Table 15–Pesticide use report--fiscal year 1996--Continued          
      Units Quantity  
      treated used  
Common name Management Objective Treatment unit   Pounds 1/  
Predacides, piscicides, and          
repellants:          
Antimycin A Fish eradication Stream miles 12.0 2.6  
Bromadiolone Housekeeping/facilities maint. Buildings 44.0 0.0  
Garlic Animal damage control Acres 4.0 0.4  
Putrescent egg solids Animal damage control Acres 16,610.0 3,047.6  
Rotenone Fish eradication Acres 25.0 6.8  
  Fish eradication Stream miles 18.0 1.0  
Thiram Animal damage control Acres 3,200.0 160.0  
Ziram/Thiram/Alkylpyr./Para-d. Animal damage control Acres 3.0 4.5  
           
Total 1996 predacides,   Acres 19,842.0    
piscicides and repellants   Buildings 44.0    
    Stream miles 30.0    
           
      Total Lbs 3,222.9  
See footnotes at end of table.          
Table 15–Pesticide use report--fiscal year 1996--Continued          
      Units Quantity  
      treated used  
Common name Management Objective Treatment unit   Pounds 1/  
Rodenticides:          
Aluminum phosphide Animal damage control Acres 153.0 2.4  
  Seed orchard protection Acres 33.0 0.8  
Diphacinone Animal damage control Acres 151.0 1.5  
  Housekeeping/facilities maint. Buildings 22.0 0.0  
Vector/plague suppression Acres 218.0 5.0  
Strychnine Animal damage control Acres 42,614.9 230.4  
Zinc phosphide Animal damage control Acres 1,243.0 51.9  
Total 1996 rodenticides   Acres 44,412.9  
    Buildings 22.0    
      Total Lbs 292.0  
Grand total 1996 units treated   Acres 220,290.0    
    Buildings 71.0    
    Greenhouses 51.1    
    Pounds of seed 165.0    
    Ribes plants 1,820.0    
    Seedlings 1,343,720.0    
    Stream miles 30.0    
    Trees 160.0    
Grand total 1996 amounts active ingredient used   48,400.0 BIU
    103,004.0 Insects
    173,561.0 Lbs.
Pounds of active ingredient, unless other units are indicated. BIU = (billion international units), PIB = (polyhedral inclusion bodies),          
Insects          
NOTE: Totals not adding exactly may be due to rounding.          

Last Updated on 9/18/97
By USDA Forest Service