Agricultural Statistics - Chemical Applications: Bell Peppers

**Bell Peppers : Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2006 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
Paraquat	1	1.0	0.564	0.564	²
Insecticides
Acephate	46	1.9	0.909	1.701	3.8
Carbaryl	2	1.9	0.909	1.722	0.2
Dimethoate	7	3.3	0.265	0.884	0.3
Endosulfan	2	3.6	0.544	1.951	0.2
Esfenvalerate	13	3.4	0.034	0.116	0.1
Methyl bromide	17	1.0	106.587	106.587	89.1
Spinosad	62	1.6	0.064	0.100	0.3
Fungicides
Azoxystrobin	8	2.1	0.121	0.257	0.1
Chlorothalonil	6	3.1	1.489	4.657	1.4
Copper hydroxide	35	5.2	0.609	3.156	5.4
Mancozeb	20	4.8	1.441	6.964	6.9
Other Chemicals
Chloropicrin	17	1.0	52.498	52.498	43.9

¹Planted acreage in 2006 for North Carolina was 4,900 acres. ²Total applied is less than 50lbs.

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Last update July 26, 2007

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