Agricultural Statistics - Chemical Applications: Apples

**Apples: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2007 ¹**
Active Ingredient	Area Applied	Applications	Rate per Application	Rate per Crop Year	Total Applied
Active Ingredient	Percent	Number	Pounds per Acre		1,000 lbs
Herbicides
2,4-D, dimeth. salt	5	1.4	0.853	1.237	0.4
Glyphosate iso. salt	13	1.5	1.130	1.735	1.5
Insecticides
Acetamiprid	69	2.3	0.221	0.515	2.4
Azinphos-methyl	52	2.3	0.827	1.866	6.6
Benzoic acid	39	1.7	0.215	0.364	1.0
Carbaryl	3	1.0	1.123	1.132	0.2
Chlorpyrifos	65	1.2	1.065	1.309	5.8
Endosulfan	3	1.5	1.010	1.495	0.3
Esfenvalerate	13	3.9	0.064	0.252	0.2
Fenpropathrin	18	1.5	0.214	0.323	0.4
Permethrin	14	1.7	0.151	0.255	0.2
Petroleum distillate	83	1.3	31.288	39.133	221.3
Phosmet	41	2.5	1.918	4.875	13.4
Thiacloprid	10	2.4	0.133	0.317	0.2
Fungicides
Basic copper sulfate	5	2.2	3.354	7.366	2.4
Boscalid	10	2.0	0.015	0.030	²
Captan	63	4.7	2.462	11.573	49.4
Copper hydroxide	7	1.4	2.112	3.044	1.5
Copper oxychlo. sul.	18	3.2	0.845	2.674	3.2
Cyprodinil	19	2.8	0.197	0.556	0.7
Dodine	26	1.7	0.695	1.207	2.1
Fenarimol	21	2.2	0.060	0.133	0.2
Kresoxim-methyl	38	2.0	0.163	0.335	0.9
Mancozeb	45	2.7	2.879	7.802	24.1
Metiram	48	3.4	2.702	9.157	30.0
Myclobutanil	35	2.8	0.111	0.314	0.7
Pyraclostrobin	10	2.0	0.001	0.002	²
Streptomycin	8	2.6	0.167	0.429	0.2
Streptomycin sulfate	10	1.2	0.178	0.214	0.1
Sulfur	28	3.4	5.989	20.206	39.0
Thiophanate-methyl	50	4.9	0.486	2.366	8.0
Trifloxystrobin	17	2.5	0.079	0.198	0.2
Ziram	43	3.5	3.603	12.718	36.9

¹Bearing acreage in 2007 for North Carolina was 6,800 acres. ²Total applied is less than 50 lbs.

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Last update August 11, 2008

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