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South Carolina Peach Pesticide Use Survey for 1995

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1995 South Carolina Peach Pesticide Use Survey Index

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  1. Title Page and Acknowledgements.........................1-2
  2. List of Tables and Figures.........................3-6
  3. Introduction, Methods and Results.........................7
  4. General Information
    1. G-1) Did you grow peaches in 1995
      G-2) In which county(s) did you grow your peaches in 1995?.........................8-9
    2. G-3) From the following list, please give the number of acres of your fruit yielding varieties.
      G-4) Please list the varieties and numbers of acres of new peach trees you planted in 1995..........................10-14
    3. G-5) How many acres of your 1995 peach crop did you irrigate?
      G-6) Did you chemigate your 1995 peach crop?.........................11
    4. G-7) Who scouted your 1995 peach crop?.........................12
    5. G-8 and G-9) What was your average peach yield in 1995?
      What was your average peach yield for the previous 5 years (1990-1994)?.........................13-15
    6. G-10) What crops other than peaches did you plant in 1995?.........................16
    7. G-12) Do you intend to grow peaches in 1997?
      G-13) Did you use any pesticides on your 1995 peach crop to control weeds, insects or diseases?.........................17-18

  5. Pest Management
    1. PM-1) Who applied herbicides to your peach crop in 1995?
    2. PM-2) Who applied insecticides and fungicides to your 1995 peach crop?
    3. PM-3) List any non-chemical control methods you used to control insects. If no other method was used, write NONE.
    4. PM-4) List any non-chemical control methods you used to control weeds. If no other method was used, write NONE.
    5. PM-5) List any non-chemical control methods you used to control disease. If no other method was used, write NONE..........................19-21

  6. Pesticide Use Data
    1. S-1 and S-2) List the pesticides and application rates you used during the dormant and delayed dormant periods of peach development, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................22-23
    2. S-3, S-4, and S-5) Percent of years blossom spray is used, list of fungicides and application rates used during the blossom period of peach development, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................24-25
    3. S-6 and S-7) List the pesticides and application rates used during the petal fall period of peach development and alternative pesticides you would use..........................26-27
    4. S-8 and S-9) List the pesticides and application rates used in first cover sprays, and what alternative pesticides you would use.........................28-31
    5. S-10 and S-11) List the pesticides and application rates used in second cover sprays, and what alternative pesticides you would use.........................32-36
    6. S-12 and S-13) List the pesticides and application rates used in third cover sprays, and what alternative pesticides you would use.........................37-39
    7. S-14, S-15, and S-16) Percent of years a fourth cover spray is used, list the pesticides and application rates used in fourth cover sprays, and what alternative pesticides you would use.........................40-42
    8. S-17, S-18, and S-19) Percent of years a fifth cover spray is used, list the pesticides and application rates used in fifth cover sprays, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................43-45
    9. S-20, S-21, and S-22) Percent of years a sixth cover spray is used, list the pesticides and application rates used in sixth cover sprays, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................46-48
    10. S-23) List the pesticides and application rates you used for cover sprays seven to fourteen.........................49-50
    11. S-24 and S-25) List the pesticides and application rates you used for your first pre-harvest spray, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................51-53
    12. S-26 and S-27) List the pesticides and application rates you used for your second pre-harvest spray, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................54-55
    13. S-28 and S-29) List the pesticides and application rates you used for your third pre-harvest spray, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................56-57
    14. S-30 and S-31) List the pesticides and application rates you used for hydrocooling or dipping and spraying harvested fruit, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................58
    15. S-32 and S-33) List the preplant and postplant nematicides you used, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................59
    16. S-34 and S-35) List the post-harvest insecticidal tree sprays and post-harvest insecticidal trunk sprays you used, and what alternative pesticides you would use..........................60-61

  7. Economic Impact
    1. E-1 and E-2) What foliage (leaf) feeding pests reached economic levels on your peaches in 1995 and why?
      E-3 and E-4) What fruit feeding pests reached economic levels on your peaches in 1995 and why?
      E-5 and E-6) What other insect pests reached economic levels on your peaches in 1995 and why?.........................62-63
    2. E-7) Check the following diseases you feel are an economic problem in your orchards..........................64

  8. Survey Summary--State Totals
    1. Total fungicide used on peaches in 1995 by product..........................65-66
    2. Total insecticide used on peaches in 1995 by product..........................66-67
    3. Grower Comments.........................68

  9. Survey Instrument

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