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Agricultural Statistics - Chemical Applications: Watermelon

 

Watermelon: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2006 1
Active Ingredient
Area Applied
Applications
Rate per Application
Rate per Crop Year
Total Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds per Acre
1,000 lbs
Herbicides
 
Ethalfluralin
35
1.0
0.750
0.777
2.0
Glyphosate iso. salt
7
1.1
0.644
0.725
0.4
Naptalam
5
1.3
1.138
1.512
0.5
Sethoxydim
4
1.0
0.475
0.475
0.1
Insecticides
 
Carbaryl
5
1.5
0.941
1.452
0.5
Endosulfan
1
1.2
0.706
0.830
0.1
Esfenvalerate
5
1.6
0.038
0.063
2
Fungicides
 
Azoxystrobin
10
2.6
0.178
0.463
0.3
Boscalid
33
1.7
0.013
0.022
0.1
Chlorothalonil
44
1.5
1.413
2.141
6.9
Pyraclostrobin
35
1.7
0.010
0.017
2
Other Chemicals
Dichloropropene
8
1.0
93.792
93.792
53.7
1Planted acreage in 2006 for North Carolina was 7,400 acres. 2Total applied is less than 50 lbs.

 

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Last update August 9, 2007

 

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