1979 Pesticide Use on Vegetables in the Southeast, A Preliminary Report
Ferguson, Walter L.; McCalla, Iris E.
1981

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Abstract

According to the 1979 Vegetable Pesticide Survey, nearly 1 million pounds of pesticides were used to control weeds, insects, diseases, and nematodes on seven vegetable crops in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The seven vegetable crops include cabbage, cantaloups, cucumbers, snap beans, sweet corn, tomatoes, and watermelons. About 378,000 acre-treatments were made ranging from 133,000 for tomatoes to 13,000 for cantaloups.

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Title
1979 Pesticide Use on Vegetables in the Southeast, A Preliminary Report
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Author(s)
Ferguson, Walter L.
McCalla, Iris E.
Subject(s)
Issue Date
1981-10
Publication Type
Report
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.333794
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333794
Language
English
Total Pages
42
Note
As part of the national survey of pesticide use on vegetables, Southeast vegetable growers were personally interviewed to collect data on specific pesticides used, acres treated, methods of application, and target pests controlled in 1979. Approximately 500 growers were interviewed in North Carolina, 500 in South Carolina, and 300 in Georgia. A stratified random sample design was used to select growers. Data were expanded for individual farms in the survey to reflect all farms by multiplying the sample data by the inverse of the sample ratio for each stratum. The pesticide use data for each crop were then adjusted by the ratio of the number of acres of the crop grown in the State to the number of expanded sample acres for the crop grown.
Series Statement
Staff Report No. AGES811029
Record Appears in
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > Economic Research Service > Staff Reports

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