|
Most
Commonly Used Pesticides in Sonoma County
|
Material
|
Pounds
Applied
|
Crops
|
#
Ag Applications
|
Sulfur |
3,089,779
|
Grapes,
Apples |
12,219
|
Methyl
Bromide |
210,011
|
Grapes,
Structural |
58
|
Metam-Sodium
(Vapam) |
85,195
|
Soil
(pre-plant), Grapes |
53
|
Petroleum
Oil |
73,305
|
Apple,
Prune |
283
|
Glyphosate,
Isopropylamine Salt (Roundup) |
54,844
|
Grapes,
Right of way Landscape |
3,351
|
Mancozeb
(Dithane) |
53,802
|
Grapes,
Apple |
1,538
|
Lime-Sulfur |
26,929
|
Grapes,
Apple |
283
|
Copper-Hydroxide
(Blue Shield) |
26,262
|
Apple,
Grapes |
1,595
|
Simazine
(Princep) |
20,526
|
Grapes |
805
|
Phosmet
(Imidan) |
12,875
|
Apple |
308
|
Copper
Oxychloride Sulfate |
12,810
|
Grapes |
172
|
Oryzalin
(Surflan) |
12,079
|
Grapes |
536
|
Oxyfluorfen
(Goal) |
11,889
|
Grapes |
1,304
|
Sulfuryl
Flouride (Vikane) |
10,002
|
Structural |
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|
Iprodione
(Rovral) |
9,088
|
Grapes |
738
|
Chlorpyrifos
(Lorsban) |
7,982
|
Apple,
Structural |
250
|
Potash
Soap |
7,741
|
Grapws,
Flowers |
248
|
Diazinon |
7,411
|
Apples,
Landscape, Mushroom Houses, Structural |
540
|
Cyprodinil
(Vangard) |
6,302
|
Grapes |
680
|
Diuron
(Karmex) |
6,256
|
Right
of Way, Landscape Grapes |
35
|
Modified
Phthalic Glycerol Alkyd Resin (Latron B) |
6,217
|
Grapes,
Apple |
2,043
|
Myclobutanil
(Rally) |
6,163
|
Grapes |
2,952
|
Total |
3,765,274
|
|
29,994
|
County
Total for 1998 |
3,902,505
|
|
43,951
|
|