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USE TRENDS OF BIOPESTICIDES

Table 11B. The reported cumulative acres treated in California with each biopesticide. Biopesticides includes microorganisms and naturally occurring compounds, or compounds essentially identical to naturally occurring compounds that are not toxic to the target pest (such as pheromones). Use includes primarily agricultural applications. The grand total for acres treated is less than the sum of acres for all active ingredients because some products contain more than one active ingredient. Zero values in early years likely indicate the pesticide was not yet registered for use. Data are from the Department of Pesticide Regulation's Pesticide Use Reports.

AI 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(3S, 6R)-3-METHYL-6-ISOPROPENYL-9-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE 0 0 0 0 0 15 86 1,604 1,484 0 0
(3S, 6S)-3-METHYL-6-ISOPROPENYL-9-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE 0 0 0 0 0 15 86 1,604 1,484 0 0
(E)-4-TRIDECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 2,886 3,132 12,531 9,159 11,739 10,902 5,555 3,226 4,870 5,193 7,672
(E)-5-DECENOL 1,414 1,034 784 1,316 1,206 1,360 809 71 385 737 262
(E)-5-DECENYL ACETATE 1,414 1,034 784 1,316 1,206 1,360 809 71 385 737 262
(R,Z)-5-(1-DECENYL) DIHYDRO-2-(3H)-FURANONE 1 0 <1 0 0   15 <1 0 0 0
(S)-KINOPRENE 2,610 888 600 847 872 755 1,864 494 440 453 575
(Z)-11-HEXADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 0 0 0 0 1,053 476 365 164 183 116 0
(Z)-11-HEXADECENAL 0 0 0 0 1,053 476 365 164 423 72 0
(Z)-4-TRIDECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 2,886 3,132 12,531 9,159 11,739 10,902 5,555 3,226 4,870 5,193 7,672
(Z)-9-DODECENYL ACETATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 570 96 5,342 1,304
(Z,E)-7,11-HEXADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 82 148 171 128 87 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Z,Z)-11,13-HEXADECADIENAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 109
(Z,Z)-7,11-HEXADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 82 148 171 128 87 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,7-DIOXASPIRO-(5,5)-UNDECANE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 4 55 <1
1-DECANOL <1 <1 <1 <1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE 0 0 0 3 <1 9 4 8 2 6 13
1-NAPHTHALENEACETAMIDE 5,211 5,418 4,135 3,690 1,705 2,355 2,201 1,100 666 927 870
3,13 OCTADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85
3,7-DIMETHYL-6-OCTEN-1-OL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
ACETIC ACID 9,038 13,693 3,618 1,182 1,146 734 290 60 0 10 2
AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER 5,954 1,517 1,072 514 500 365 493 306 698 555 217
AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER, STRAIN K1026 0 0 4 325 355 716 524 292 335 366 1,935
ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 0 <1 1 <1 36 <1 20 <1 0 0
AMINO ETHOXY VINYL GLYCINE HYDROCHLORIDE 75 142 1 6 10 0 0 229 6,453 9,238 10,253
AMPELOMYCES QUISQUALIS 15,039 8,363 7,156 2,193 540 332 697 247 10 15 0
ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS STRAIN AF36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 258 0 0 0
AZADIRACHTIN 64,239 103,078 71,394 73,876 92,145 79,581 64,488 55,657 68,244 91,275 85,545
BACILLUS PUMILUS, STRAIN QST 2808 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 34,748 64,333 79,765 90,586
BACILLUS SPHAERICUS, SEROTYPE H-5A5B, STRAIN 2362 84 39 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
BACILLUS SUBTILIS GB03 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 379 23 3 2 5
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER) 4,437 301 533 644 535 2 441 100 2,939 1,129 41
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. AIZAWAI, GC-91 PROTEIN 82,473 60,262 74,290 71,531 73,992 90,283 63,504 62,244 39,077 53,040 40,415
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. AIZAWAI, SEROTYPE H-7 86,430 85,564 65,943 41,378 31,487 54,037 24,160 19,190 15,784 24,379 20,390
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS, SEROTYPE H-14 5,242 3,221 2,435 931 824 2,114 1,048 3,480 543 833 4,719
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI STRAIN SA-12 0 0 9,474 11,773 43,337 54,540 28,485 34,533 29,505 35,513 21,008
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, SEROTYPE 3A,3B 342,525 249,709 245,114 141,868 56,879 65,654 69,454 31,406 42,279 16,522 8,593
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN EG 2348 22,097 14,541 14,702 21,987 10,416 1,931 737 1,625 2,913 1,271 2,147
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN EG2371 11,015 1,684 849 439 134 338 19 54 7 0 0
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN SA-11 161,858 152,834 143,664 168,496 180,621 158,448 123,796 156,026 125,390 119,045 95,496
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. SAN DIEGO 6 20 18 7 2 3 1 <1 <1 <1 0
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES KURSTAKI STRAIN BMP 123 87 7 687 1,913 6,279 3,013 268 20 93 0 1,898
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES KURSTAKI, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED STRAIN EG7841 LEPIDOPTERAN ACTIVE TOXIN 81,541 83,094 118,628 55,515 5,061 8,479 1,766 1,160 6,684 1,225 451
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI STRAIN M-200 0 0 2 <1 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED STRAIN EG7826 0 0 30,603 76,935 2,571 8,493 6,457 8,724 3,021 479 1,298
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. AIZAWAI, STRAIN ABTS-1857 0 0 0 0 13,835 34,164 38,718 47,071 41,546 43,209 49,759
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. AIZAWAI, STRAIN SD-1372, LEPIDOPTERAN ACTIVE TOXIN(S) 0 32 1,561 4,718 10,897 4,989 3,465 3,025 4,235 4,766 2,343
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS, STRAIN AM 65-52 0 0 0 <1 5 1 3 313 4,809 25 2,497
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN ABTS-351, FERMENTATION SOLIDS AND SOLUBLES 0 0 0 6,938 33,146 75,373 94,559 109,681 100,697 133,269 133,594
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN HD-1 202,653 217,136 199,385 170,574 110,540 62,367 44,536 29,129 23,346 20,045 15,146
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, VAR. KURSTAKI DELTA ENDOTOXINS CRY 1A(C) AND CRY 1C (GENETICALLY ENGINEERED) ENCAPSULATED IN PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS (KILLED) 23,196 14,779 14,742 4,622 546 111 7 <1 <1 <1 25
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA STRAIN GHA 2,991 25,510 3,405 2,853 3,702 2,887 4,019 3,531 2,743 2,448 2,091
CANDIDA OLEOPHILA ISOLATE I-182 <1 <1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CANOLA OIL 0 <1 2 2 2 2 <1 2 5 33 1,266
CAPSICUM OLEORESIN 2,762 1,799 261 254 149 318 379 71 247 277 528
CASTOR OIL <1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 <1 4
CHITOSAN 0 0 0 0 0   <1 0 0 0 0
CINNAMALDEHYDE <1 2,418 4,139 1,534 295 105 137 18 10 2 556
CLARIFIED HYDROPHOBIC EXTRACT OF NEEM OIL 22,092 45,247 49,142 36,602 34,157 38,357 51,009 69,051 73,386 71,183 62,389
CODLING MOTH GRANULOSIS VIRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,479 2,141 1,487
CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS STRAIN CON/M/91-08 0 0 0 0 935 1,301 1,781 26 63 120 0
CYTOKININ 82 0 3 <1 0 <1 0 0 0 0 0
DIHYDRO-5-HEPTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
DIHYDRO-5-PENTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
E,E-8,10-DODECADIEN-1-OL 4,300 4,514 10,407 10,381 11,841 21,255 17,383 21,896 20,728 27,784 21,536
E-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 2,171 54,460 38,834 14,063 16,870 10,335 8,836 7,351 6,637 6,189 6,093
E-8-DODECENYL ACETATE 11,791 23,549 22,721 33,383 33,602 39,198 41,752 33,419 37,412 49,086 54,242
ENCAPSULATED DELTA ENDOTOXIN OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI IN KILLED PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS 83,238 59,905 32,372 15,188 7,529 1,160 143 33 9 35 91
ENCAPSULATED DELTA ENDOTOXIN OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. SAN DIEGO IN KILLED PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS 19 7 6 4 <1   1 1 0 0 0
ESSENTIAL OILS <1 <1 6 268 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 1 0
ETHYLENE <1 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 7 0 0 0 0
EUCALYPTUS OIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 <1 0 0
EUGENOL 1 0 <1 0 0   15 <1 <1 0 0
FARNESOL 12,543 43,212 25,673 8,495 6,584 5,451 4,294 4,369 1,246 652 422
GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID 0 0 1 320 43,682 87,153 117,477 114,189 58,586 24,697 12,834
GARLIC 12,403 7,376 4,690 2,407 2,756 828 259 513 363 346 288
GERANIOL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0 67
GERMAN COCKROACH PHEROMONE 0 0 0 0 <1 <1 <1 6 <1 <1 <1
GIBBERELLINS 487,195 439,529 464,775 387,488 423,337 431,001 414,093 462,231 458,764 454,509 490,488
GIBBERELLINS, POTASSIUM SALT 70 1,429 8 188 22 59 170 65 348 32 9
GLIOCLADIUM VIRENS GL-21 (SPORES) 29 12 8 768 6 <1 <1 18 <1 5 1,090
GLUTAMIC ACID 0 0 1 320 43,682 87,153 117,477 114,189 58,586 24,697 12,834
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE <1 5 21 485 636 802 1,057 985 9,952 7,744 9,144
HYDROPRENE 1 1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 7 2 200
IBA 1,319 1,236 271 124 244 252 1,566 79 27,670 44,093 3,858
LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM (CALIFORNIA STRAIN) <1 <1 0 <1 0   24 2 0 <1 <1
LAURYL ALCOHOL 2,886 2,666 8,038 6,429 4,635 4,791 6,009 6,719 5,488 9,358 7,782
LINALOOL <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 7
METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE, VAR. ANISOPLIAE, STRAIN ESF1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
METHOPRENE 23 58 38 50 <1 359 1 <1 157 51 42
METHYL ANTHRANILATE <1 <1 <1 <1 81 56 1,458 448 1,557 298 219
METHYL SALICYLATE 0 0 0 <1 0 0 0 0 <1 1 0
MUSCALURE 979 292 473 189 121 2,283 307 2,715 476 1,179 <1
MYRISTYL ALCOHOL 2,886 2,666 8,038 6,429 4,635 4,791 6,009 6,719 5,488 9,358 7,782
MYROTHECIUM VERRUCARIA, DRIED FERMENTATION SOLIDS & SOLUBLES, STRAIN AARC-0255 1,514 3,348 3,173 4,392 3,926 4,390 8,348 4,680 4,478 5,097 5,257
NAA 542 788 177 102 72 75 1,096 49 26,799 43,507 3,327
NEROLIDOL 12,543 43,212 25,673 8,495 6,584 5,451 4,294 4,369 1,246 652 422
NITROGEN, LIQUIFIED <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
NONANOIC ACID 645 573 496 495 443 476 1,075 675 877 1,275 1,179
NONANOIC ACID, OTHER RELATED 645 573 496 495 443 476 1,075 675 877 1,275 1,179
NOSEMA LOCUSTAE SPORES 7 14 2 9 <1 35 37 1 <1 254 30
OIL OF ANISE 0 0 0 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
OIL OF BERGAMOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0 0
OIL OF CEDARWOOD 0 0 <1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OIL OF CITRONELLA 80 24 1 <1 0 <1 0 <1 <1 <1 2
OIL OF LEMONGRASS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 <1 0 0
OIL OF MUSTARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OXYPURINOL 0 0 <1 <1 0 0 0 <1 0 1 0
PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS APOPKA STRAIN 97 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERFUME <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
POLYHEDRAL OCCLUSION BODIES (OB'S) OF THE NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS OF HELICOVERPA ZEA (CORN EARWORM) 0 0 0 0 0 293 742 0 0 0 98
POTASSIUM BICARBONATE 34,010 52,110 60,330 52,654 74,151 106,988 64,994 143,968 61,465 47,285 41,893
PROPYLENE GLYCOL 1,208,619 961,979 1,057,746 812,714 746,000 763,898 778,321 754,665 738,448 520,502 418,605
PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS, STRAIN A506 29,656 15,760 1,443 11,668 13,126 16,945 6,559 7,176 11,929 4,801 1,943
PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE STRAIN ESC-11 17 0 0 0 <1   <1 <1 <1 0 0
PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE, STRAIN ESC-10 <1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0 0
PUTRESCENT WHOLE EGG SOLIDS <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
QST 713 STRAIN OF DRIED BACILLUS SUBTILIS 0 0 2,154 15,205 40,786 54,547 58,871 56,342 64,606 67,563 75,593
S-METHOPRENE 505 <1 567 951 166 21 49 2,395 9,552 30,635 47,287
SODIUM BICARBONATE 0 8 <1 <1 <1   100 0 0 0 17
SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE 48 <1 16 <1 29 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 14
SOYBEAN OIL 10,427 13,609 12,837 11,254 18,627 15,359 9,870 6,344 3,675 3,277 2,460
STREPTOMYCES GRISEOVIRIDIS STRAIN K61 34 27 83 50 17 14 5 20 29 12 <1
STREPTOMYCES LYDICUS WYEC 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 96 1,910
SUCROSE OCTANOATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 448
THYME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <1 <1 <1
TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM RIFAI STRAIN KRL-AG2 369 456 885 1,048 293 466 833 406 286 311 201
XANTHINE 0 0 <1 <1 0 0 0 <1 0 1 0
YUCCA SCHIDIGERA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Z,E-9,12-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 44 0
Z-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 2,171 54,460 38,834 14,063 16,870 10,335 8,836 7,351 6,637 6,166 5,040
Z-8-DODECENOL 11,791 23,549 22,721 33,383 33,602 39,198 41,752 33,419 37,412 49,086 54,291
Z-8-DODECENYL ACETATE 11,791 23,549 22,721 33,383 33,602 39,198 41,752 33,419 37,412 49,086 54,291
Z-9-TETRADECEN-1-OL 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3,060,138 2,779,079 2,821,087 2,298,987 2,176,590 2,328,885 2,175,148 2,304,744 2,188,554 2,022,135 1,864,664