Maine Pesticide Use Surveys 1996
Surveys conducted for the National
Agricultural Pesticide Impact Program
by Glen Koehler, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pest Management
Office
The objective of each
survey was to
rate the importance of
potentially canceled uses
and to rate the efficacy of alternatives.
| Survey Name |
Date |
Crop
or Commodity |
Common names
of
chemicals in survey |
Brand names of
chemicals in survey |
| IR4 cancellations |
9/13/96 |
potato |
alachlor |
Lasso |
| IR4 cancellations |
9/13/96 |
oats |
azinphosmethyl,
disulfoton |
Guthion,
Di-Syston |
| IR4 cancellations |
9/13/96 |
oats |
diuron |
Direx |
| IR4 cancellations |
9/13/96 |
soybean |
MCPA |
MCPA |
| IR4 cancellations |
9/13/96 |
pea |
EPTC |
Eptam |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
24 crop-chemical pairs |
evaluation of growth
regulator cancellation significance |
Ethrel, Royal, Retard,
N-Serve, Tomatotone, Alar |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
160 crop-chemical
pairs |
evaluation of
insecticide cancellation significance |
many |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
68 crop-chemical pairs |
evaluation of
herbicide cancellation significance |
many |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
81 crop-chemical pairs |
evaluation of
fungicide cancellation significance |
many |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
sweet corn, field corn |
cyanizine |
Bladex |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
sweet corn |
linuron |
Lorox |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
blueberry |
triforine |
Funginex |
| IR4 cancellations |
8/26/96 |
apples |
benomyl, dicofol,
propargite, ethoxyquin, daminozide, |
Benlate, Kelthane,
Omite, Ethrel, Alar |
| Propargite uses |
6/10/96 |
apple, dry beans,
woody ornamentals |
propargite |
Omite, Ornamite |
|