Table 19

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The reported pounds of pesticides used that are biopesticides. Biopesticides include microorganisms and naturally occurring compounds, or compounds similar to those found in nature that are not toxic to the target pest (such as pheromones). Use includes both agricultural and reportable nonagricultural applications. Text files of data are available. Number of Applications and Acres values are for production agricultural pesticide use only.

CHEMICAL LBS 2008 LBS 2009 LBS 2010 LBS 2011 LBS 2012 LBS 2013 LBS 2014 LBS 2015 LBS 2016 LBS 2017
(3S, 6R)-3-METHYL-6-ISOPROPENYL-9-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE None 0.001 None None 0 None 0.001 None 0.009 7
(3S, 6S)-3-METHYL-6-ISOPROPENYL-9-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE None 0.001 None None 0 None 0 None 0.009 7
(E)-4-TRIDECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 176 80 94 None None None 23 None None None
(E)-5-DECEN-1-OL None None None None 0.362 0.344 0.138 0.856 8 1
(E)-5-DECENOL 2 0.974 1 0.445 2 3 1 33 8 95
(E)-5-DECENYL ACETATE 8 4 5 2 10 7 4 25 133 84
(E,E)-9, 11-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 28 11 2 6 3 4 3 3 1 12
(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE None None 50 249 270 24 24 None None None
(S)-KINOPRENE 252 276 277 191 300 285 311 429 327 253
(S)-VERBENONE None None None None 55 None None 781 633 28
(Z)-11-HEXADECEN-1-YL ACETATE None 681 None 0.522 None None None None 0.351 98
(Z)-11-HEXADECENAL None None None None None None None 1 0.662 98
(Z)-4-TRIDECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 6 3 3 None None None 0.736 None None None
(Z)-9-DODECENYL ACETATE 0.192 0.015 0.008 0.159 0.057 0.033 0.092 0.065 None None
(Z,E)-7,11-HEXADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 0.158 3 2 None None None None None None None
(Z,Z)-11,13-HEXADECADIENAL 0.213 None 0.093 571 271 321 619 969 1072 1086
(Z,Z)-7,11-HEXADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE None 3 3 None None None None None None None
1,4-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE 837 1544 1152 544 893 2225 1085 891 660 133
1,7-DIOXASPIRO-(5,5)-UNDECANE 0.024 0.006 0.118 0.181 0.093 0.648 0.423 0.524 None None
1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE 0.017 0.046 0.057 0.095 0.589 0.551 0.499 0.681 1 1
1-NAPHTHALENEACETAMIDE 55 32 25 20 20 19 22 18 14 11
1-OCTEN-3-OL None None None None None None 0 0 None None
2,4-DECADIENOIC ACID, ETHYL ESTER, (2E,4Z)- None None None None None None 0.233 4 3 3
2-METHYL-1-BUTANOL None None None None None 0.011 0.221 0.231 0.46 0.516
3,13 OCTADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 44 None 0.708 12 None 0.003 None 0.146 142 None
3,7-DIMETHYL-6-OCTEN-1-OL 1 5 23 12 28 54 42 49 72 92
ACETIC ACID 21 79 1732 73 601 43 62 20806 9111 5355
AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER 32 142 124 95 28 230 271 137 2561 64
AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER, STRAIN K1026 0.433 1 0.042 0.04 0.069 34 0.058 0.046 0 None
ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE None None None None 0.02 None None None 0.053 None
ALMOND, BITTER 0.05 0.158 0.012 0.043 0.07 0.019 0.009 0.061 None 0
AMINO ETHOXY VINYL GLYCINE HYDROCHLORIDE 1073 543 1024 1194 1368 1444 1757 2011 1380 1289
AMMONIUM BICARBONATE 2 0.467 9 14 7 51 34 42 None None
AMMONIUM NITRATE 48460 52922 55872 74925 90839 125016 121852 120383 115073 108272
AMMONIUM NONANOATE None None None None None 1937 3131 3399 27116 15550
AMPELOMYCES QUISQUALIS None 0.131 0.001 None None None None None None None
ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS STRAIN AF36 None None None 0.021 4 4 8 9 14 15
AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS STRAIN DSM 14940 None None None None None 81 458 356 1095 2493
AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS STRAIN DSM 14941 None None None None None 81 458 356 1095 2493
AZADIRACHTIN 2246 2500 1880 2020 2637 3387 4325 5108 4757 4870
BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN D747 None None None None 869 84957 177589 131295 209773 395457
BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN MBI 600 None None None None 0.145 0.042 None None 14 71
BACILLUS FIRMUS (STRAIN I-1582) None None None None None None 42 190 170 212
BACILLUS MYCOIDES ISOLATE J None None None None None None None None None 1085
BACILLUS POPILLIAE None None None None None 0.007 0.017 0.014 0.004 None
BACILLUS PUMILUS, STRAIN QST 2808 8138 6987 6783 7546 6733 6245 7957 8118 7879 9229
BACILLUS SPHAERICUS 2362, SEROTYPE H5A5B, STRAIN ABTS 1743 FERMENTATION SOLIDS, SPORES AND INSECTICIDAL TOXINS 21441 18178 13013 10602 9123 10500 10499 12357 13104 16362
BACILLUS SUBTILIS GB03 1 0.237 0.015 0.313 0.525 1 2 3 3 4
BACILLUS SUBTILIS VAR. AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN FZB24 None None None None 2 94 119 178 6 0.001
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER) 16 4 6 26 18 11 4 29 21 14
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. AIZAWAI, GC-91 PROTEIN 20484 27539 20397 11666 17042 13265 18776 16771 18882 34097
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. AIZAWAI, SEROTYPE H-7 2373 894 814 814 696 359 333 184 47 90
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS, SEROTYPE H-14 9433 17202 11401 22640 12632 9269 11779 15761 15810 17733
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI STRAIN SA-12 12325 12128 7424 4679 10361 8246 7971 8473 9799 2218
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, SEROTYPE 3A,3B 460 402 150 244 234 53 41 18 34 76
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN EG 2348 369 118 66 478 44 500 514 344 645 396
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN EG2371 None None 0.006 0.006 None None None None None None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN SA-11 66612 80565 75036 115663 52411 77932 80401 80953 74963 96211
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. SAN DIEGO None 0.259 0.028 None None None None None None None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES KURSTAKI STRAIN BMP 123 764 118 14 None None None None None None None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES KURSTAKI, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED STRAIN EG7841 LEPIDOPTERAN ACTIVE TOXIN 277 42 1 75 298 116 65 3 43 3
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI STRAIN M-200 None 0.011 None None None None None 0.005 None 0.004
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED STRAIN EG7826 442 95 None None 528 None None None 7 None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. AIZAWAI, STRAIN ABTS-1857 39464 31043 26250 24308 30646 29863 49186 55901 72261 92842
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. AIZAWAI, STRAIN SD-1372, LEPIDOPTERAN ACTIVE TOXIN(S) 256 243 130 88 0.792 18 6 43 13 6
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS, STRAIN AM 65-52 52969 53778 71050 52787 173151 49682 42766 46599 70128 83869
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN ABTS-351, FERMENTATION SOLIDS AND SOLUBLES 78527 69545 96988 82858 95146 83413 111388 95431 117621 133852
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN HD-1 2068 3747 3579 2525 3187 2323 1928 1916 441 642
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, VAR. KURSTAKI DELTA ENDOTOXINS CRY 1A(C) AND CRY 1C (GENETICALLY ENGINEERED) ENCAPSULATED IN PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS (KILLED) 26 28 0.438 0.166 4 None 0.025 None 0.008 None
BACTERIOPHAGE ACTIVE AGAINST XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA AND PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO None None None 0 0 0 0 None None 0
BALSAM FIR OIL None None 0.021 None 0.313 0.057 0.113 0.681 0.015 None
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA HF 23 None None None None None None None None 37 55
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA STRAIN GHA 569 378 357 622 1220 1796 2749 3511 2850 5685
BETA-CONGLUTIN None None None None None None None 6762 6099 7383
BUFFALO GOURD ROOT POWDER 279 1 11 None 1 25 5 6 8 3
BURKHOLDERIA SP STRAIN A396 CELLS AND FERMENTATION MEDIA None None None None None None 2829 58593 53655 115396
BUTYL MERCAPTAN None None None None 0 None None None None None
CANOLA OIL 25 17 131 26 15 28 61 97 246 285
CAPSICUM OLEORESIN 5 2 4 4 12 10 27 92 125 203
CARBON DIOXIDE 44315 7727 17550 21239 19040 15739 18297 17675 25366 20606
CASTOR OIL 4 21 7 0.348 2 0.084 8 0.363 4 None
CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIODES NEAR AMBROSIODES None 20330 10336 7897 10230 20261 17504 12828 10207 8300
CHROMOBACTERIUM SUBTSUGAE STRAIN PRAA4-1 None None None None 1169 30262 46419 45894 31445 36333
CINNAMALDEHYDE 354 None None 0.916 None None None None None 59
CITRIC ACID 57085 55421 73858 82141 94945 128839 115038 126206 142166 136050
CLARIFIED HYDROPHOBIC EXTRACT OF NEEM OIL 104822 106271 115931 70540 76408 119298 197351 222602 166055 172972
CODLING MOTH GRANULOSIS VIRUS 0.2 0.155 0.157 0.305 0.352 0.404 0.465 0.206 0.284 0.196
CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS STRAIN CON/M/91-08 None 127 80 176 245 611 641 786 657 665
CORN GLUTEN MEAL 0.244 None None None None None None None None None
CORN SYRUP 1893 2891 3026 4377 4766 3216 3344 4342 4850 14751
COTTONSEED OIL 138841 79250 152118 318700 114610 105083 132464 87451 55082 45527
COYOTE URINE None None 0.308 0.74 2 3 9 6 3 6
CYTOKININ None None None 0.005 0.052 0.009 0.08 0.05 0.062 0.094
DIALLYL DISULFIDE None None None None None None None None 103 94
DIHYDRO-5-HEPTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE 0.001 0.007 0 None None None None None None None
DIHYDRO-5-PENTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE 0 0.003 0 None None None None None None None
E,E-8,10-DODECADIEN-1-OL 2037 4978 1942 1376 1995 2276 1395 1445 1077 5419
E-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 744 312 100 172 133 142 61 73 32 293
E-8-DODECENYL ACETATE 265 606 898 195 283 273 224 769 389 1712
ENCAPSULATED DELTA ENDOTOXIN OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI IN KILLED PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS 18 18 None 1 0.207 None None None None None
ESSENTIAL OILS None 0.412 0.184 0.001 1 0.039 15 12 20 24
ETHYLENE None None 97 1018 954 1359 1333 1683 1299 1248
EUCALYPTUS OIL None None 22 0.093 None None None None None None
EUGENOL None None None None 0.792 0.259 0.53 0.038 1 0.05
FARNESOL 2 3 10 5 11 21 17 20 29 37
FENUGREEK 6 17 1 5 8 2 0.975 7 None 0.037
FERRIC SODIUM EDTA None None None 1979 6351 5855 6790 8000 12449 12328
FISH OIL None None None 1657 5466 4114 None None 1078 None
FORMIC ACID 499 280 223 241 634 66 337 2606 1243 984
FOX URINE None None 0.257 0.317 2 1 4 3 1 4
GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID 944 177 118 40 133 28 15 15 None None
GARLIC 212 36 423 29 1905 2832 1392 667 849 529
GERANIOL 1 5 23 12 28 54 42 49 72 92
GERMAN COCKROACH PHEROMONE 0.003 0.002 0 0 0 0.001 0.001 None 0 0
GIBBERELLINS 23516 22916 21310 21659 22602 41103 27422 27409 23134 27085
GIBBERELLINS, POTASSIUM SALT 0.207 None 0.26 0.473 5 None None None None 1
GLIOCLADIUM VIRENS GL-21 (SPORES) 945 356 945 649 1957 3538 2989 4586 4395 2829
GLUTAMIC ACID 944 177 118 40 133 28 15 15 None None
GS-OMEGA/KAPPA-HXTX-HV1A (VERSITUDE PEPTIDE) None None None None None None None None 0.2 None
HARPIN PROTEIN 16 14 13 11 0.949 0.734 0.004 None 0.179 0.004
HEPTYL BUTYRATE None None 0.112 0.067 0.386 14 6 4 3 13
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 20740 21750 69179 59122 36223 47236 49936 74419 130340 311566
HYDROPRENE 2383 1664 6382 11261 3948 7352 5734 6456 3859 3041
IBA 11 6 7 9 12 15 14 13 10 19
INDOLE None None None None None 0.002 None 0 0.045 0.043
IRON HEDTA None None None None 43 92 120 91 170 213
IRON PHOSPHATE 1901 1435 2351 2872 2327 2119 2007 2071 2250 3475
KAOLIN 1460552 2371254 3040482 1686870 1999426 2473768 2854542 3411278 3590907 3182553
KINOPRENE 23 3 3 9 3 8 33 17 10 0.56
LACTIC ACID None None None None None None None 2 1 7
LACTOSE 11341 9160 7967 9195 6554 7143 6616 7855 8501 8875
LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM (CALIFORNIA STRAIN) 0.419 None None None None None None None None None
LAURYL ALCOHOL 830 432 736 497 755 449 293 501 317 2565
LAVANDULYL SENECIOATE 140 462 437 6120 586 477 3166 507 1029 1150
LIMONENE 45536 56495 56406 62921 74366 61293 68137 72906 67550 92187
LINALOOL 63 62 1104 95 137 72 62 93 15 11
MARGOSA OIL None None 579 7886 9106 12189 22585 26019 32493 25018
MENTHOL None None 5 0.022 None 20 None None None None
METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE STRAIN F52 None None None None 116 89 121 20 54 2
METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE, VAR. ANISOPLIAE, STRAIN ESF1 0.004 None 0.005 0.002 None None None None None None
METHOPRENE 2620 1568 1492 1777 1304 1350 3556 1390 1271 1063
METHYL ANTHRANILATE 118 312 343 448 300 1237 634 672 789 1118
METHYL EUGENOL None None None 5 None 9 None None 126 386
METHYL NONYL KETONE 0.041 0.081 0.354 None None 0.432 0.076 0.051 0.063 0.438
METHYL SALICYLATE None 0.001 None None None None None None None 0.012
MUSCALURE 19 20 15 15 16 13 17 23 29 44
MYRISTYL ALCOHOL 169 88 150 102 155 91 60 102 64 520
MYROTHECIUM VERRUCARIA, DRIED FERMENTATION SOLIDS & SOLUBLES, STRAIN AARC-0255 23867 23273 22813 27757 25556 26005 17675 30810 26033 22923
N6-BENZYL ADENINE 153 168 217 129 168 183 184 230 221 161
NAA 31 3 5 4 9 15 12 18 11 100
NAA, AMMONIUM SALT 1193 1203 976 839 1400 1056 945 996 125 180
NAA, ETHYL ESTER 8 3 6 23 4 3 5 3 38 10502
NAA, POTASSIUM SALT None None None None None 53 15 2 934 1017
NAA, SODIUM SALT 0.639 2 None None None 2 0.511 0.442 0.243 None
NATAMYCIN None None None None None 0.114 0.706 0.966 0.639 0.121
NEROLIDOL 2 6 24 12 28 54 42 49 72 92
NITROGEN, LIQUEFIED 11945 2181 135 216 74 594 6 None None None
NONANOIC ACID 11093 9063 17322 17892 18199 21545 17530 14482 13301 14586
NONANOIC ACID, OTHER RELATED 584 477 912 942 958 1134 923 762 700 767
NOSEMA LOCUSTAE SPORES 0.013 0.003 0.019 0.042 0.985 0.438 0.311 0.375 0.738 0.001
OIL OF ANISE 0.073 None None 0.036 0.012 0.01 0.01 0.022 0.012 0.006
OIL OF BLACK PEPPER 0.002 0.509 0.011 0.011 0.01 0.525 1 0.159 0.166 0.112
OIL OF CEDARWOOD None None 0.004 None None None None 0.33 0.006 None
OIL OF CITRONELLA 3 None 5 5 None None 1 5 0.281 0.625
OIL OF GERANIUM None None 0 None None None None None None None
OIL OF JOJOBA 12070 3418 4176 1232 507 135 376 44 19 2
OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS None None None 0.011 3 None None None None None
OIL OF LEMONGRASS None None 0.002 None None None None None None None
OIL OF ORANGE None None None None None None None 198 386 1360
OIL OF PEPPERMINT 0.014 None 0.024 None None None None None None None
OXYPURINOL None None None None None None 0.12 None None None
PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS APOPKA STRAIN 97 None None None None 506 3302 5951 5624 8947 8659
PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS STRAIN E325, NRRL B-21856 None 33 4 0.578 1 1 None None None None
PHENYLETHYL PROPIONATE 502 500 822 423 535 701 712 185 96 140
PHOSPHORIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM SALT None 12 6984 9079 3927 1918 374 9585 15002 11445
PIPERINE 0.001 0.196 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.202 0.405 0.061 0.064 0.043
POLYHEDRAL OCCLUSION BODIES (OB'S) OF THE NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS OF HELICOVERPA ZEA (CORN EARWORM) 0.315 1 0.643 51 6 1 2 4 20 41
POLYOXIN D, ZINC SALT 331 397 1296 3497 4736 6731 7412 8613 10305 10418
POTASSIUM BICARBONATE 109171 180858 275648 357539 228269 239695 223547 318099 462743 487401
POTASSIUM PHOSPHITE 182376 141395 287730 279828 281301 390300 708946 666577 952390 1164449
POTASSIUM SILICATE 119 231 39 1412 988 5407 23582 36525 25901 33016
POTASSIUM SORBATE None 0.119 65 None None None None None None None
PROPYLENE GLYCOL 24132 25792 54215 48281 58423 86331 90353 87136 87839 103641
PROPYLENEGLYCOL MONOLAURATE None 7 12 None None 203 44 None None None
PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS, STRAIN A506 390 328 217 274 59 92 270 87 123 111
PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE, STRAIN ESC-10 None None 0.05 None None 3 None None None None
PURPUREOCILLIUM LILACIUNUM STRAIN 251 None None 252 515 840 4073 5031 6408 6273 5416
PUTRESCENT WHOLE EGG SOLIDS 1 143 3 0.592 1 0.507 0.725 1 6 5
PYTHIUM OLIGANDRUM DV74 None None None 0.004 0.002 0.036 None None None None
QST 713 STRAIN OF DRIED BACILLUS SUBTILIS 16703 16175 21307 23951 23360 24590 20969 20905 21038 21922
QUILLAJA 1183 410 682 1081 785 1040 775 829 1027 1385
REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS None 179 8996 14823 14800 15354 16105 18358 23489 23577
S-ABSCISIC ACID 7 66 864 1850 2651 2131 2382 2114 2192 2220
S-METHOPRENE 3520 3284 3921 2305 2324 2331 2524 2781 3219 3111
SAWDUST 0.58 0.005 1 None 4 4 None None 1 None
SESAME OIL 529 851 1309 1327 15 0.265 None None None None
SILVER NITRATE None None 0.023 0.035 0.002 None None None 0.006 0.064
SODIUM BICARBONATE 67 27 3 515 146 44 479 420 13604 3679
SODIUM CARBONATE PEROXYHYDRATE 39470 114653 101714 293876 300691 295762 463448 244233 261347 165621
SODIUM CHLORIDE 4 3 2 131 111 119 211 216 128 81
SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE 340 146 96 458 884 431 570 1749 507 1200
SORBITOL OCTANOATE None 2007 None 35 None None None None None 0.131
SOYBEAN OIL 12005 28359 23805 24109 21979 45973 59297 69771 84295 80991
STREPTOMYCES GRISEOVIRIDIS STRAIN K61 0.001 0.003 0.003 0.374 0.003 10 11 18 5 4
STREPTOMYCES LYDICUS WYEC 108 0.487 0.789 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 3
SUCROSE OCTANOATE 1685 4003 1128 230 55 188 98 203 29 7
SUGAR 1103 993 1122 448 1240 51 16 60 667 4
THYME 593 775 1311 665 844 1135 1150 257 122 181
THYME OIL None None None None None None None 1 3 12
THYMOL 523 1675 1539 265 181 398 314 278 570 409
TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM RIFAI STRAIN KRL-AG2 20 11 504 129 157 186 86 65 112 63
TRICHODERMA ICC 012 ASPERELLUM None None None 13 19 43 2 2 9 4
TRICHODERMA ICC 080 GAMSII None None None 13 19 43 2 2 9 4
TRIMETHYLAMINE None None None None None 0.025 None 0 0.335 0.235
ULOCLADIUM OUDEMANSII (U3 STRAIN) None None None None None 29 792 516 155 34
VANILLIN 0.856 3 0.208 0.736 1 0.316 0.151 1 None 0.006
VEGETABLE OIL 270375 196078 323250 513650 276278 315218 267446 485628 517951 665567
XANTHINE None None None None None None 0.12 None None None
YEAST 999 926 470 1165 818 80 32 86 14 4
YUCCA SCHIDIGERA 7 169 634 1649 7147 12327 5652 2565 3130 2172
Z,E-9,12-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE None 6149 1 7 6 14 122 20 10 21
Z-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 9 9 9 4 8 8 0.039 0.072 0.026 0.095
Z-8-DODECENOL 46 106 157 34 48 44 38 98 60 201
Z-8-DODECENYL ACETATE 4051 9262 13964 3007 4005 3467 3248 4459 4298 6452