| Maine Pesticide Use Surveys 1985 - 1994 Surveys conducted for the USDA National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program by Glen Koehler, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pest Management Office |
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| Date | Usage Sites | Common chemical name | Trade names | Type of information | Target pests |
| 8/10/1994 | turf, ornamental trees | diazinon | insecticide - amount used in Maine | ||
| 8/10/1994 | blueberries | diazinon | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | thrips | |
| 8/10/1994 | broccoli | diazinon, chorpyrifos, fonofos, methomyl, and permethrin | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | imported cabbage worm, diamond back moth, flea beetle, cabbage aphid, cabbage root maggot | |
| 8/10/1994 | potatoes | diazinon, fonofos, ethoprop, fensulfothion, phorate | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | wireworms, Colrado potato beetle, flea beetle | |
| 8/9/1994 | apples | azinphosmethyl, cararyl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, dicofol, dimethoate, endosulfan, esfenvalerate, fenbutatin-oxide, formetanate HCl, methidathion, methomyl, methyl parathion, oil, oxamyl, oxythioquinox, permethrin, phosmet, propargite, rotenone | all apple insecticides and miticides | insecticide, miticide - opinions on efficacy for key pests | European red mite, apple maggot fly, plum curculio, tarnished plant bug |
| 6/20/1994 | potatoes, all others | mevinphos | Phosdrin | insecticide - amount used in Maine | Colorado potato beetle, aphids |
| 6/20/1994 | all | fungicides - questionaire on Maine fungicide needs | |||
| 9/15/1993 | right of ways for railroad lines, pipelines, powerlines, interstate highways, primary highways, secondary highways | 2,4-D, 2,4-DP, MCPA, atrazine, triclopyr, glyphosate, imazapyr, metsulfuron, picloram, dicamba, bromacil, bentazon, clopyralid, tribenuron | Banvel 720, Tordon 101 | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | broadleaf annual and biennial weeds and coniferous weed trees |
| 9/15/1993 | governmental "Noxious weeds" control programs | 2,4-D, 2,4-DP, MCPA, atrazine, glyphosate, imazethapyr, nicosulfuron, picloram, dicamba, bentazon, clopyralid, tribenuron | herbicide - no use in Maine | weeds that threaten other properties | |
| 9/15/1993 | forestry | 2,4-D, 2,4-DP, triclopyr, glyphosate, imazapyr, metsulfuron, picloram, dicamba, hexazinone, bromacil | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | deciduous trees | |
| 9/15/1993 | turfgrass | 2,4-D, MCPA, MCPP, 2,4-DP, triclopyr, clopyralid, isoxaben | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | broadleaf weeds | |
| 4/28/1993 | barley | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/28/1993 | oats | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, bromoxynil, chlorsulfuron, clopyralid, dicamba | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/5/1993 | field corn | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, atrazine, bentazon, bromoxynil, clopyralid, cyanazine, dicamba, glyphosate, imazethapyr, nicosulfuron, paraquat, primisulfuron, simazine | 2,4-D, Atrazine | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds |
| 4/3/1993 | blueberries, wild | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, diuron, glyphosate, hexazinone, metam-sodium, napropamide, norflurazon, oryzalin, paraquat, pronamide, simazine, sulfosate, terbacil | herbicides - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/3/1993 | pasture | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, clopyralid, dicamba, glyphosate, metsulfuron, paraquat, tebuthiuron, triclopyr | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/3/1993 | green peas | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, bentazon, imazethapyr, glyphosate, paraquat, trifluralin | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/3/1993 | alfalfa | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, bromoxynil, benefin, diuron, EPTC, metribuzin, paraquat | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/3/1993 | non-alfalfa hay | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, dicamba, triclopyr, picloram, diuron, glyphosate, metsulfuron | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/3/1993 | blueberries, tame | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, diuron, glyphosate, hexazinone, metam-sodium, napropamide, norflurazon, oryzalin, paraquat, pronamide, simazine, sulfosate, terbacil | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/3/1993 | fallowland | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, glyphosate, paraquat | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 4/3/1993 | apples | 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DP, MCPA, MCPB, MCPP, dichlobenil, diuron, glyphosate, metam-sodium, napropamide, norflurazon, oryzalin, oxyfluorfen, paraquat, pendimethalin, pronamide, simazine, terbacil | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | weeds | |
| 2/12/1993 | blueberries | Diazinon | Diazinon 50WP | insecticide - alternative insecticides | blueberry spanworm? |
| 12/21/1992 | potatoes | ethyl parathion | insecticide - where used in Maine and amounts | aphids, colorado potato beetle | |
| 12/21/1992 | broccoli, turf, corn, apples | chlorpyrifos | Lorsban | insecticide - where used in Maine and amounts | grubs, cutworms, plum curculio, apple maggot fly, mullein plant bug, European red mite |
| 10/5/1992 | potatoes | all | all | survey list - list | all |
| 10/5/1992 | all | all | all | survey list - survey list | all |
| 8/20/1992 | potatoes | triphenyltin hydroxide | Du-Ter | fungicide - qualitative | |
| 6/1/1992 | sod, turf | all | all | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | all |
| 6/1/1992 | greenhouse | all | all | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 6/1/1992 | greenhouse | all | all | miticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | all |
| 6/1/1992 | sod, turf | all | all | miticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | all |
| 6/1/1992 | nursery | all | all | miticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | all |
| 6/1/1992 | nursery | all | all | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | all |
| 3/3/1992 | blueberries, strawberries, greenhouse, ornamental plants, nurseries, forest tree nurseries, Christmas trees, turf, all vegetables and fruits | methyl bromide | insecticide, fu - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | nematodes, weeds, fungi, insects | |
| 12/20/1991 | potatoes | all | all | survey list - survey list | all |
| 4/19/1991 | alfalfa, apples, blueberries, corn, green peas, oats, other hay, pasture, potatoes | all | all | herbicides - | weeds |
| 3/14/1991 | apples | propargite | Omite | miticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | European red mite, two-spotted spider mite |
| 3/1/1991 | higbush blueberries | Diazinon | Diazinon | insecticide - little to report | blueberry maggot fly, blueberry thrips, aphids |
| 3/1/1991 | potatoes - mechnical and hand harvest | diazinon, fonofos, fensulfothion, ethoprop, phorate | Diazinon, Dyfonate, Dasanit, Mocap, Thimet | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | wireworms |
| 3/1/1991 | sheep, cattle ear tags, livestock facilities | diazinon, fenvalerate | Diazinon 50W, Terminator ear tag, Optimizer ear tag. | insecticide - not much to report, has # cattle, sheep, | keds, lice, pasture or confined fly complex |
| 3/1/1991 | broccoli | diazinon, chlorpyrifos, permethrin | Diazinon, Lorsban, Pounce | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | imported cabbageworm, diamondback moth, flea beetles, cabbage aphid |
| 3/1/1991 | broccoli | diazinon, chlorpyrifos, fonofos | Diazinon, Lorsban, Dyfonate | insecticide - chemical treatments, % acreage | cabbage root maggot |
| 3/1/1991 | lowbush blueberries | diazinon | Diazinon | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | blueberry thrips |
| 3/1/1991 | Livestock facilites, Cattle ear tags | chorpyrifos, fenvalerate | Dursban 4E, Whitmire 1-12, Di-All Paint, Cattle Ear Tags (Ectrin, Purina Dual Guard, Anchor, Max-Con, Unicorn, Car Mac | insecticide - not much to report, has # cattle and are | pasture or confined fly complex |
| 3/1/1991 | broccoli | chlorpyrifos, diazinon, fonofos | Lorsban, Diazinon, Dyfonate | insecticide - chemical treatments, % acreage | cabbage root maggot |
| 2/18/1991 | vegetables | biocontrol and - USDA questionnaire on biologically inten | |||
| 11/16/1990 | brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, Xmas trees, ornamentals, potatoes, radish, rutabaga, sweet corn, swiss chard. | fonofos | Dyfonate | insecticide - commodity list | |
| 11/16/1990 | apple,asparagus,beet,blue&black&raspberrie,broccoli,brussel sprouts,cabbage,carrot,cauliflower,cucumber,dry/lima/snap/string bean,grape,onion,ornamental,parsley,parsnip,pea,potato,rutabag,spinach,squash,strawberry,sweet corn,swchard,turnip,tomato,Xmastree | diazinon | Diazinon | insecticide - commodity list | |
| 11/16/1990 | apple,asparagus,broccoli,brussel sprout,cabbage,cauliflower,Xmas tree,cucumbers,dry/snap/lima/snap bean,eggplant,lettuce,muskmelon,onion,ornamental,peach,pear,pepper,potato,pumpkin,radish,rutabag,spinach,squash,sweet corn,swichard,tomato,turnip,watermelon | pyrethroids, fenvalerate, esfenvalerate, permethrin | Asana, Pydrin, Ambush, Pounce | insecticide - commodity list | |
| 10/30/1990 | apples, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, chinese cabbage, Christmas trees, corn (silage), lima beans, muskmelon, onion, ornamental, potato, radish, rutabaga, snap bean, strawberry, sweet corn, turnip, turnip green, watermelon | chlorpyrifos | Lorsban | insecticide - commodity list | |
| 7/23/1990 | field corn seed, alfalfa seed | all, captan | all, captan | fungicide - chemical list, with % treated | |
| 7/17/1990 | all, wildlife mortality | phorate, terbufos | Thimet, Counter | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 7/17/1990 | Potatoes, dry beans, sugarbeets | phorate, terbufos | Thimet, Counter | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 7/17/1990 | pesticide related wildlife/fish kills in Maine, | all, specifically phosmet, azinphosmethyl, chlorothalonil | all, specifically Imidan, Guthion, Bravo, Dinoseb | all - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 7/16/1990 | list of available Maine pesticide use information reports | all | all | all - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 7/9/1990 | sweet corn, silage corn, grain corn, sorghum | terbufos, phorate, fonofos, tefluthrin, | Counter, Thimet, Dyfonate | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 7/6/1990 | soybeans | phorate | Thimet | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 3/9/1990 | sweet corn | methomyl, permethrin, chlorpyrifos, carbaryl, endosulfan, diazinon, fenvalerate | Lannate, Pounce, Lorsban, Sevin, Thiodan, Diazinon, Pydrin | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 3/9/1990 | strawberries | azinphos-methyl, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, dicofol, endosulfan, malathion, metaldehyde, methoxychlor | Thiodan, Marlate, Guthion, Lorsban, Diazinon, Sevin, Malathion, Kelthne, Slug bait | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 3/9/1990 | broccoli | chlorpyrifos, endotsulfan, oxydemeton-methyl, permethrin, methomyl, methamidophos, fonofos, fenvalerate, dimethoate, diazinon, and | Lorsban, Ambush, Pounce, Lannate, Pydrin, Cygon, Metasystox-R, Thiodan, Diazinon | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 2/2/1990 | potatoes, apples, broccoli, greenhouse ornamentals, field corn, dry beans | propargite, permethrin, phorate, terbufos | Omite, Ambush, Pounce, Thimet, Counter | insecticide - commodity lists for the four pesticides | |
| 9/30/1989 | apples | phosmet, azinphos-methyl, esfenvalerate, permethrin, fenvalerate | Imidan, Guthion, Asana, Ambush, Pounce, Pydrin | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 9/30/1989 | highbush blueberries, peas, hay, field corn, oats, alfalfa, pasture | none | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 9/30/1989 | potatoes | methamidophos, carbaryl, esfenvalerate, permethrin, azinphos-methyl, aldicarb | Monitor, Sevin, Asana, Ambush, Guthion, Temik, Pydrin | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 9/30/1989 | lowbush blueberries | azinphos-methyl | guthion | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 9/30/1989 | important agrichemicals in Maine, potatoes, apples, lowbush blueberries, sweet corn, field corn, strawberries, Christmas trees | all | all | all - chemcial list by crop | |
| 8/1/1989 | alfalfa | carbofuran | Furadan | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/1/1989 | potato, Pesticide-related Fish kills | azinphosmethyl, dinoseb, endosulfan, phosmet, chlorothalinil, | Bravo, Dinoseb, Guthion, Imidan, Thiodan | all - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 4/4/1989 | ornamentals, turfgrass, grasses, legume forage, fruits, nuts, field crops, stored products, veterinary, animals, aquatic, industrial, municipal, home/household | naled | Dibrom | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 3/27/1989 | potato | carbofuran | Furadan | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 3/14/1989 | home/household, pets, institutional | propoxur | Baygon | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 3/13/1989 | lowbush blueberry, tomato, sweet corn, beet | trichlorfon | Dylox | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 3/1/1989 | wildlife kills | carbofuran | Furadan | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 2/28/1989 | field corn, sweet corn, popcorn | carbofuran | Furadan | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 2/13/1989 | soybean | carbofuran | Furadan | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 2/8/1989 | turfgrass | trichlorfon | Dylox | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 1/31/1989 | field corn, popcorn | trichlorfon | Dylox | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 1/26/1989 | alfalfa | carbofuran | Furadan | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 1/23/1989 | animals, animal shelters | naled | Dibrom | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 1/10/1989 | nursery, greenhouse, christmas trees, bedding plants, potted plants, cut flowers, landscape, ornamentals | aldicarb, carbofuran, monocrotophos, naled, oxydemeton-methyl, trichlorfon | Temik, Furadan, Azodrin, Dibrom, Metasystox, Dylox | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 12/7/1988 | poultry, dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, laboratory animals, pets, home/household, industry, warehous | dichlorvos | DDVP, Vapona | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 11/16/1988 | greenhouse | dichlorvos | DDVP, Vapona | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 11/4/1988 | all | monocrotophos | Azodrin | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 10/30/1988 | soybean, grain sorghum | aldicarb | Temik | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 10/7/1988 | apple, pear, grape, highbush blueberry, raspberry, strawberry | oxydemeton-methyl | Metasystox-r | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 9/2/1988 | potato | aldicarb | Temik | - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | greenhouses | captan, benomyl | Banrot, Subdue, Truban, Bayleton, Chipco, Exotherm termil, Ornalin | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | forestry | borax powder | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | snap beans | benomyl | Topsin M | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | lowbush blueberry | benomyl | Funginex, | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | broccoli | Bravo, Ridomil, Kocide | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | cauliflower | Bravo | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | cabbage | Bravo | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | strawberry | captan, benomyl, folpet, | Ronilan, Topsin M | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | nurseries | Benlate, Terrachlor, Thiram, Zineb, Captan, Karathane, Maneb, Phaltan, Subdue, Dithane M45, | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | potato | maneb, mancozeb, tbz, pcnb, captan, triphenyltin hydroxide, fixed copper, bordeaux | Rovral, Bravo, Polyram | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | barley, rye, oats, wheat, field corn, alfalfa, hay, sweet corn, peas, green pepper, lettuce, spinach, asparagus, swiss chard, | none | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | grapes | captan, folpet, benomyl, sulfur, mancozeb | Bayleton, Rovral | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | apples | dodine, mancozeb, captan, fixed copper, benomyl, sulfur, glyodin, diphenylamine, dpa, ethoxyquin, mertect, ferbam | Dikar, Karathane, Polyram, Rubigan, Topsin M, Funginex, Bayleton, Thiram, Ridomil, Aliette, | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | beets | fixed copper | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | dry beans | fixed copper, benomyl | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | winter squash, cucumber, summer squash, pumpkin | fixed copper, maneb, benomyl | Bravo, Karathane, Bayleton | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | highbush blueberry | lime sulfur, benomyl, folpet | Funginex | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | tomato | maneb | Bravo, Maneb, Ridomil | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | turfgrass | maneb, mancozeb, anilazine | Dyrene, Bravo | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/31/1988 | raspberry | captan, benomyl, ridomil, lime sulfur | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 8/31/1988 | carrot | maneb | Bravo | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 8/7/1988 | all | mevinphos | Phosdrin | fungicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 5/10/1988 | sorghum | ethyl parathion | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 4/20/1988 | wheat | ethyl parathion | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 4/10/1988 | mosquito | ethyl parathion | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 2/19/1988 | site list | ethyl parathion | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 1/1/1986 | Dairy cattle | methoxychlor, DDVP, pyrethrin, pyrethroid, malathion | Marlate, Vapona, Ciodrin, Ciovap, Ectiban, Atroban, Permectrin, Korlan, Rabon, Malathion, Co-Ral | insecticide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | |
| 1/1/1986 | field corn | alachlor, atrazine, cyanazine, metolachlor | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 1/1/1986 | alflafa, millet, clover, timothy. legume, grass | 2,4-DB, glyphosphate, prometon | herbicide - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | ||
| 12/1/1985 | vegetables, | all | all | insecticide, fu - % acreage, rates, and/or alternative measures | all |