Insecticides
Active Ingredient |
Quantity (kg) |
acephate |
343 |
carbaryl |
1,861 |
carbofuran |
391 |
chlorantraniliprole |
239 |
chlorpyrifos |
5,234 |
cyhalothrin-lambda |
404 |
cypermethrin |
1,887 |
diazinon |
4,996 |
dimethoate |
896 |
endosulfan |
2,290 |
formetanate hydrochloride |
336 |
imidacloprid |
1,641 |
malathion |
389 |
methamidophos |
2,814 |
methomyl |
203 |
phosmet |
1,944 |
other |
168 |
Total |
26,036 |
Fungicides
Active Ingredient |
Quantity (kg) |
azoxystrobin |
738 |
boscalid |
370 |
chlorothalonil |
92,706 |
copper hydroxide |
19,390 |
copper oxychloride |
1,265 |
fenamidone |
2,262 |
fosetyl-al |
1,014 |
iprodione |
696 |
mancozeb |
49,093 |
metiram |
18,253 |
propamocarb hydrochloride |
1,237 |
pyraclostrobin |
267 |
other |
143 |
Total |
187,433 |
Herbicides
Active Ingredient |
Quantity (kg) |
atrazine |
11,424 |
bentazon |
3,312 |
bromoxynil |
1,076 |
dimethenamid |
965 |
diquat |
1,922 |
diuron |
435 |
fluazifop-p-butyl |
216 |
glyphosate |
6,110 |
imazethapyr |
406 |
linuron |
13,464 |
MCPA/MCPB |
1,038 |
mesotrione |
407 |
metribuzin |
3,935 |
oxyfluorfen |
500 |
paraquat |
1,536 |
pendimethalin |
2,892 |
prometryne |
2,100 |
s-metolachlor |
25,323 |
trifluralin |
2,979 |
other |
589 |
Total |
80,629 |
Growth Regulators
Active Ingredient |
Quantity (kg) |
ethephon |
2,278 |
maleic hydrazide |
1,259 |
Total |
3,538 |
Nematocides
Active Ingredient |
Quantity (kg) |
metam-sodium |
39,993 |
Total |
39,993 |
Grand Total
A grand total of 337,629 kilograms of pesticides were used on Ontario vegetables.