Table 20

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The reported cumulative acres treated with pesticides 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 primarily agricultural applications. The grand total for acres treated may be less than the sum of acres treated for all active ingredients because some products contain more than one active ingredient. Text files of data are available. Number of Applications and Acres values are for production agricultural pesticide use only.

CHEMICAL acres 2008 acres 2009 acres 2010 acres 2011 acres 2012 acres 2013 acres 2014 acres 2015 acres 2016 acres 2017
(3S, 6R)-3-METHYL-6-ISOPROPENYL-9-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE None 3 None None 7 None 24 None 10 8683
(3S, 6S)-3-METHYL-6-ISOPROPENYL-9-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE None 3 None None 7 None 24 None 10 8683
(E)-4-TRIDECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 7672 3942 3905 None None None 1074 None None None
(E)-5-DECEN-1-OL None None None None 53 83 20 166 354 264
(E)-5-DECENOL 262 118 249 166 502 837 639 348 352 832
(E)-5-DECENYL ACETATE 262 118 249 166 555 920 659 514 705 1095
(E,E)-9, 11-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 956 3 474 759 608 985 466 645 349 351
(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE None None 5168 18104 22856 2479 1623 None None None
(S)-KINOPRENE 575 510 490 346 506 675 750 990 691 678
(S)-VERBENONE None None None None 100 None None 0 0 3
(Z)-11-HEXADECEN-1-YL ACETATE None 1622 None 49 None None None None 26 2994
(Z)-11-HEXADECENAL None None None None None None None 74 145 2951
(Z)-4-TRIDECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 7672 3942 3905 None None None 1074 None None None
(Z)-9-DODECENYL ACETATE 1304 123 74 1814 392 555 1966 950 None None
(Z,E)-7,11-HEXADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 0.6 93 0.86 None None None None None None None
(Z,Z)-11,13-HEXADECADIENAL 109 None 763 11336 17283 20591 38681 61037 66068 67233
(Z,Z)-7,11-HEXADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE None 93 0.86 None None None None None None None
1,4-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,7-DIOXASPIRO-(5,5)-UNDECANE 0 6 0 0.25 30 43 25 32 None None
1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE 13 61 3 0.662 17 21 14 10 6 13
1-NAPHTHALENEACETAMIDE 870 607 408 315 393 343 394 257 338 319
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 179 3247 1309 1014
2-METHYL-1-BUTANOL None None None None None 0 0 0 0 0
3,13 OCTADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 85 None 50 131 None 0.3 None 10 25 None
3,7-DIMETHYL-6-OCTEN-1-OL 67 349 1531 788 2220 3939 3545 3111 4331 5936
ACETIC ACID 2 226 110 162 3165 3114 10301 15775 10437 18729
AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER 217 215 362 324 852 622 664 806 613 99
AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER, STRAIN K1026 1935 5086 81 19 4947 9016 754 745 0.041 None
ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE None None None None 0 None None None 0 None
ALMOND, BITTER 87 471 74 412 271 88 68 73 None 4
AMINO ETHOXY VINYL GLYCINE HYDROCHLORIDE 10253 5611 10179 11108 14991 16371 17666 20248 14254 13005
AMMONIUM BICARBONATE 0 6 0 0.25 30 43 25 32 None None
AMMONIUM NITRATE 643869 679675 726836 815423 866950 1085578 953176 988166 882542 826319
AMMONIUM NONANOATE None None None None None 239 284 452 443 168
AMPELOMYCES QUISQUALIS None 22 2 None None None None None None None
ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS STRAIN AF36 None None None 260 48833 89337 147011 159586 183128 188090
AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS STRAIN DSM 14940 None None None None None 254 2823 1569 5376 8673
AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS STRAIN DSM 14941 None None None None None 254 2823 1569 5376 8673
AZADIRACHTIN 86813 82652 71628 69862 98176 113976 159397 193929 174958 175108
BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN D747 None None None None 2337 29684 41678 38545 57375 90584
BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN MBI 600 None None None None 2 0.308 None None 165 1607
BACILLUS FIRMUS (STRAIN I-1582) None None None None None None 12 45 41 43
BACILLUS MYCOIDES ISOLATE J None None None None None None None None None 11591
BACILLUS POPILLIAE None None None None None 0 0 0 0 None
BACILLUS PUMILUS, STRAIN QST 2808 91795 75509 72582 84154 76067 68102 83406 89435 83158 95230
BACILLUS SPHAERICUS 2362, SEROTYPE H5A5B, STRAIN ABTS 1743 FERMENTATION SOLIDS, SPORES AND INSECTICIDAL TOXINS 0 0 9 0 231 38 110 118 233 542
BACILLUS SUBTILIS GB03 5 2 0.007 6 0.35 21 302 467 609 2293
BACILLUS SUBTILIS VAR. AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN FZB24 None None None None 406 1702 3516 4328 152 0
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER) 41 82 127 877 292 248 91 249 247 573
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. AIZAWAI, GC-91 PROTEIN 40440 48842 40395 18657 25262 22511 28611 26155 25221 48924
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. AIZAWAI, SEROTYPE H-7 20510 7888 6847 7766 5897 3296 2941 1360 421 802
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS, SEROTYPE H-14 4719 501 1873 337 773 1110 1254 1713 334 836
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI STRAIN SA-12 21008 19700 10721 8197 15379 9855 10751 10850 13664 3214
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, SEROTYPE 3A,3B 8671 7807 2269 3063 1972 818 453 145 274 776
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN EG 2348 2147 1302 688 3428 645 3580 4038 2502 4480 4004
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN EG2371 None None 0 0.041 None None None None None None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN SA-11 100581 101522 111686 84003 81518 95890 111644 108411 95637 120911
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BERLINER), SUBSP. SAN DIEGO None 0.413 0.014 None None None None None None None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES KURSTAKI STRAIN BMP 123 1898 310 73 None None None None None None None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES KURSTAKI, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED STRAIN EG7841 LEPIDOPTERAN ACTIVE TOXIN 451 62 3 200 373 5 99 116 473 8
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI STRAIN M-200 None 0 None None None None None 0 None 1
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED STRAIN EG7826 1298 250 None None 1320 None None None 9 None
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. AIZAWAI, STRAIN ABTS-1857 49890 41724 37209 35288 41718 36837 68895 70570 86966 111131
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. AIZAWAI, STRAIN SD-1372, LEPIDOPTERAN ACTIVE TOXIN(S) 2343 2136 1057 640 4 113 47 306 120 77
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS, STRAIN AM 65-52 2497 270 758 1052 1305 793 2544 2009 1419 1088
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN ABTS-351, FERMENTATION SOLIDS AND SOLUBLES 134290 120661 162444 152239 164082 147814 192454 152721 192923 229834
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, SUBSP. KURSTAKI, STRAIN HD-1 15173 20295 18369 15662 15228 10138 7887 11007 2241 2696
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, VAR. KURSTAKI DELTA ENDOTOXINS CRY 1A(C) AND CRY 1C (GENETICALLY ENGINEERED) ENCAPSULATED IN PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS (KILLED) 25 52 2 0.046 10 None 0 None 0 None
BACTERIOPHAGE ACTIVE AGAINST XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA AND PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO None None None 11 25 21 12 None None 0.5
BALSAM FIR OIL None None 0 None 0 0 0 0 0 None
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA HF 23 None None None None None None None None 32 69
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA STRAIN GHA 2091 2188 1686 2706 4010 6857 10900 14356 11144 16933
BETA-CONGLUTIN None None None None None None None 9032 12422 15510
BUFFALO GOURD ROOT POWDER 3227 9 138 None 25 161 200 224 114 154
BURKHOLDERIA SP STRAIN A396 CELLS AND FERMENTATION MEDIA None None None None None None 196 5531 6816 17299
BUTYL MERCAPTAN None None None None 0 None None None None None
CANOLA OIL 1388 1541 4786 3872 2329 5788 4272 7455 20332 47851
CAPSICUM OLEORESIN 528 325 388 238 576 546 1541 1997 2084 3774
CARBON DIOXIDE 0 0 0 26 38 5 20 19 2 0
CASTOR OIL 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIODES NEAR AMBROSIODES None 6355 9265 6868 13400 22552 25820 19072 15804 15002
CHROMOBACTERIUM SUBTSUGAE STRAIN PRAA4-1 None None None None 1424 38138 61191 62467 43369 48820
CINNAMALDEHYDE 556 None None 0.319 None None None None None 110
CITRIC ACID 919736 903198 1203850 1320272 1389231 1542590 1686325 1923049 2201886 2149026
CLARIFIED HYDROPHOBIC EXTRACT OF NEEM OIL 64156 47422 42281 40421 41973 60212 85369 87905 65673 59508
CODLING MOTH GRANULOSIS VIRUS 1487 1139 984 3450 3417 4339 4530 3683 2938 4426
CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS STRAIN CON/M/91-08 None 1205 395 1107 1697 4286 4886 6194 4105 5134
CORN GLUTEN MEAL 3 None None None None None None None None None
CORN SYRUP 7991 14316 12877 27721 27760 15992 14206 18817 18940 48495
COTTONSEED OIL 157432 74386 127730 177622 95344 98797 78736 67349 41034 36733
COYOTE URINE None None 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
CYTOKININ None None None 199 2409 352 3290 1966 1910 3506
DIALLYL DISULFIDE None None None None None None None None 225 223
DIHYDRO-5-HEPTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE 0 0 0 None None None None None None None
DIHYDRO-5-PENTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE 0 0 0 None None None None None None None
E,E-8,10-DODECADIEN-1-OL 21585 15300 15283 17872 15850 18241 16548 10772 12889 17096
E-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 5996 5592 5405 1701 4485 4396 489 696 369 990
E-8-DODECENYL ACETATE 54242 46757 49591 45656 49300 47640 41405 42615 39608 37898
ENCAPSULATED DELTA ENDOTOXIN OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. KURSTAKI IN KILLED PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS 91 37 None 0 0 None None None None None
ESSENTIAL OILS None 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 181 70
ETHYLENE None None 4 70 49 36 21 28 77 26
EUCALYPTUS OIL None None 2 0 None None None None None None
EUGENOL None None None None 0 0 0 0 0 0
FARNESOL 422 503 1597 826 2227 3940 3547 3121 4331 5936
FENUGREEK 87 471 74 412 271 88 68 73 None 4
FERRIC SODIUM EDTA None None None 3049 8428 8038 10540 12522 13115 13697
FISH OIL None None None 0 382 252 None None 66 None
FORMIC ACID 51 10 60 1 369 5 178 1203 60 1
FOX URINE None None 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID 12905 1786 835 542 1811 385 314 287 None None
GARLIC 288 374 1123 1369 12410 14485 8509 4767 7185 3815
GERANIOL 67 349 1531 788 2220 3939 3545 3111 4331 5936
GERMAN COCKROACH PHEROMONE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0 0
GIBBERELLINS 490530 513398 491246 505204 528680 548185 530086 522989 544434 501455
GIBBERELLINS, POTASSIUM SALT 9 None 34 150 795 None None None None 58
GLIOCLADIUM VIRENS GL-21 (SPORES) 1090 716 1401 1076 3172 5444 5187 7439 7140 4914
GLUTAMIC ACID 12905 1786 835 542 1811 385 314 287 None None
GS-OMEGA/KAPPA-HXTX-HV1A (VERSITUDE PEPTIDE) None None None None None None None None 1 None
HARPIN PROTEIN 1998 1562 1631 1582 115 95 0.5 None 112 0.25
HEPTYL BUTYRATE None None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 9361 14521 23208 38233 21790 22955 28040 32676 68991 65527
HYDROPRENE 200 82 0 0 2 4 0.304 0.472 7 28
IBA 3862 150 227 1156 1283 962 940 489 808 1437
INDOLE None None None None None 0 None 0 0 0
IRON HEDTA None None None None 0 2 0 0 0 2
IRON PHOSPHATE 6569 4561 6345 5477 6519 6286 8109 8618 13322 11961
KAOLIN 47438 66781 82636 51099 57630 80075 88044 101628 115418 103011
KINOPRENE 20 3 4 9 3 6 25 7 3 0.146
LACTIC ACID None None None None None None None 38 59 219
LACTOSE 99526 77363 80273 91525 68442 80242 61764 81390 77746 74024
LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM (CALIFORNIA STRAIN) 0.2 None None None None None None None None None
LAURYL ALCOHOL 7782 4705 5495 6443 6623 7807 5681 5725 4689 4327
LAVANDULYL SENECIOATE 4316 2375 7025 11754 6666 5869 6294 8424 18076 74825
LIMONENE 64151 55465 29621 15514 73605 29552 32924 45208 40224 68051
LINALOOL 7 0.959 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MARGOSA OIL None None 40 4260 7977 9546 19013 19917 25809 32236
MENTHOL None None 2 0 None 20 None None None None
METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE STRAIN F52 None None None None 202 133 634 122 55 2
METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE, VAR. ANISOPLIAE, STRAIN ESF1 0 None 0 0 None None None None None None
METHOPRENE 42 211 4 896 0 0 0 0 42 106
METHYL ANTHRANILATE 219 551 380 2043 215 1092 808 895 1463 2490
METHYL EUGENOL None None None 0 None 0 None None 0 0
METHYL NONYL KETONE 0 1 0 None None 0.138 0 0 0 0
METHYL SALICYLATE None 0 None None None None None None None 10
MUSCALURE 0.092 739 300 68 40 50 139 41 19 178
MYRISTYL ALCOHOL 7782 4705 5495 6443 6623 7807 5681 5725 4689 4327
MYROTHECIUM VERRUCARIA, DRIED FERMENTATION SOLIDS & SOLUBLES, STRAIN AARC-0255 5257 5331 4840 5136 4274 4456 3637 8775 6473 4075
N6-BENZYL ADENINE 1775 2072 3352 1691 1666 2954 2630 2595 2999 2321
NAA 3331 47 38 219 655 293 109 210 84 84
NAA, AMMONIUM SALT 10445 9024 9140 9075 11922 10611 9703 9966 778 671
NAA, ETHYL ESTER 73 1 23 396 384 112 189 37 45 7899
NAA, POTASSIUM SALT None None None None None 6 110 35 8819 8650
NAA, SODIUM SALT 37 257 None None None 153 85 55 11 None
NATAMYCIN None None None None None 7 32 35 27 5
NEROLIDOL 422 503 1597 826 2227 3940 3547 3121 4331 5936
NITROGEN, LIQUEFIED 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 None None None
NONANOIC ACID 498 703 412 828 479 2166 2074 1040 653 1884
NONANOIC ACID, OTHER RELATED 498 701 412 828 459 2166 2074 1040 653 1214
NOSEMA LOCUSTAE SPORES 30 132 12 12 1612 1207 910 750 50 0.037
OIL OF ANISE 0 None None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OIL OF BLACK PEPPER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OIL OF CEDARWOOD None None 15 None None None None 0 0 None
OIL OF CITRONELLA 2 None 34 0 None None 0 0 0 0
OIL OF GERANIUM None None 15 None None None None None None None
OIL OF JOJOBA 11566 7203 8255 1762 1075 316 323 83 16 5
OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS None None None 0 0 None None None None None
OIL OF LEMONGRASS None None 15 None None None None None None None
OIL OF ORANGE None None None None None None None 21472 37651 66182
OIL OF PEPPERMINT 0 None 15 None None None None None None None
OXYPURINOL None None None None None None 6 None None None
PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS APOPKA STRAIN 97 None None None None 2105 12822 18487 19076 31000 26576
PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS STRAIN E325, NRRL B-21856 None 698 55 25 50 50 None None None None
PHENYLETHYL PROPIONATE 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHOSPHORIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM SALT None 0 1021 1275 561 219 0 1837 3142 2284
PIPERINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
POLYHEDRAL OCCLUSION BODIES (OB'S) OF THE NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS OF HELICOVERPA ZEA (CORN EARWORM) 98 254 302 14752 1297 337 518 1011 4902 8857
POLYOXIN D, ZINC SALT 1067 1299 19082 69306 95645 143483 165601 191654 231730 242341
POTASSIUM BICARBONATE 41899 69155 101283 118378 75183 85879 85701 112047 156418 161835
POTASSIUM PHOSPHITE 49951 36665 92671 82243 115570 131552 214918 199571 299200 386639
POTASSIUM SILICATE 68 274 48 808 537 3524 12973 13499 12133 14928
POTASSIUM SORBATE None 2 105 None None None None None None None
PROPYLENE GLYCOL 420161 381957 591117 659648 676156 974892 1069976 1107603 1122432 1206077
PROPYLENEGLYCOL MONOLAURATE None 3 12 None None 159 76 None None None
PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS, STRAIN A506 1943 2463 1472 1281 372 431 1178 376 601 524
PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE, STRAIN ESC-10 None None 3 None None 0 None None None None
PURPUREOCILLIUM LILACIUNUM STRAIN 251 None None 1115 2330 3531 20039 25826 32089 26924 22463
PUTRESCENT WHOLE EGG SOLIDS 0 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PYTHIUM OLIGANDRUM DV74 None None None 2 2 63 None None None None
QST 713 STRAIN OF DRIED BACILLUS SUBTILIS 75619 81252 99317 117901 124598 141250 138006 140735 130054 128026
QUILLAJA 27814 22595 22949 30225 22907 28538 30232 31107 53339 53857
REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS None 1297 70363 90533 94088 96188 95988 105535 127941 124699
S-ABSCISIC ACID 34 502 5195 9498 14974 11645 12761 11202 11471 12079
S-METHOPRENE 47284 47190 65114 61532 87637 49491 53371 102129 76961 53800
SAWDUST 19 0 0 None 74 109 None None 160 None
SESAME OIL 846 1448 1912 1938 39 1 None None None None
SILVER NITRATE None None 0.12 0 5 None None None 0.117 0.801
SODIUM BICARBONATE 17 57 1 967 1026 291 544 706 796 162
SODIUM CARBONATE PEROXYHYDRATE 219 1453 3666 6554 13797 11764 17035 8051 10137 7129
SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.046 0 0 2 73 207 135 66 134 144
SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SORBITOL OCTANOATE None 268 None 42 None None None None None 0.058
SOYBEAN OIL 2460 3792 6160 3636 3300 4524 6275 5476 7018 7906
STREPTOMYCES GRISEOVIRIDIS STRAIN K61 0.029 0.087 0.179 1 0.5 5 10 18 5 4
STREPTOMYCES LYDICUS WYEC 108 1910 4009 6998 6404 10367 16071 14050 16546 20474 15959
SUCROSE OCTANOATE 448 930 1172 148 1 5 10 2 12 0
SUGAR 4717 4507 1527 5807 4843 1062 1427 452 504 86
THYME 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
THYME OIL None None None None None None None 0 0 0
THYMOL 60 50 423 10 18 1 1 1267 490 41
TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM RIFAI STRAIN KRL-AG2 201 320 7253 871 1087 994 2517 2346 2200 2243
TRICHODERMA ICC 012 ASPERELLUM None None None 86 704 604 35 251 159 92
TRICHODERMA ICC 080 GAMSII None None None 86 704 604 35 251 159 92
TRIMETHYLAMINE None None None None None 0 None 0 0 0
ULOCLADIUM OUDEMANSII (U3 STRAIN) None None None None None 19 707 406 150 28
VANILLIN 87 471 74 412 271 88 68 73 None 4
VEGETABLE OIL 231954 211586 292218 457698 266226 350771 243680 311693 405341 603533
XANTHINE None None None None None None 6 None None None
YEAST 4560 3957 1307 5261 3729 325 142 220 25 6
YUCCA SCHIDIGERA 18 598 2316 4907 16093 19524 11285 7347 9376 6287
Z,E-9,12-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE None 1622 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 43
Z-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 5040 5589 4931 942 3877 3411 23 51 20 639
Z-8-DODECENOL 54242 46757 49591 45656 49300 47640 41405 42615 39608 37898
Z-8-DODECENYL ACETATE 54242 46757 49591 45656 49300 47640 41405 42615 39608 37898