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California's Pesticide Use Reports and Trends in Pesticide Use

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Author: Epstein, Lynn

Source: Outlooks on Pest Management, Volume 17, Number 4, August 2006, pp. 148-154(7)

Publisher: Research Information

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1564/17aug02

California has the most extensive reporting system for agricultural pesticide use in the world with approximately 2.4 million pesticide application reports per year (California Department of Pesticide Regulation, 2000). Here is an overview of the information in the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's (DPR) Pesticide Use Report (PUR) system, uses and limitations of the PUR database, trends in use of compounds of regulatory interest, and some implications of analyses for the goals of integrated pest management (IPM).

Keywords: FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT; FUMIGANTS; FUNGICIDES; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 August 2006

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