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pecans, peppers, pistachios, plums, potatoes, prunes, pumpkins, rice, sod, spinach,<br />

squash, strawberries, sugar beets, sunflowers, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tangelos,<br />

tangerines, tomatoes, walnuts, watermelons, wheat (EPA 2008). <strong>Carbaryl</strong> is also used to<br />

thin fruit in orchards to enhance fruit size <strong>and</strong> enhance repeat bloom.<br />

Non­agricultural Uses. <strong>Carbaryl</strong> is used extensively by homeowners, particularly for<br />

lawn care (EPA 2008). Examples of non-agricultural use sites include home <strong>and</strong><br />

commercial lawns, flower beds around buildings, recreation areas, golf courses, sod<br />

farms, parks, rights-of-way, hedgerows, Christmas tree plantations, oyster beds, rural<br />

shelter belts, <strong>and</strong> applications to control ticks, grasshoppers, <strong>and</strong> adult mosquitoes (EPA<br />

2007). <strong>Carbaryl</strong> is also used for pet care (pet collars, powders <strong>and</strong> dip, in kennels, <strong>and</strong> on<br />

pet sleeping quarters).<br />

Examples of Registered Formulation Types. <strong>Carbaryl</strong> products are manufactured as<br />

granular, liquid, wettable powder, <strong>and</strong> dust formulations. All dry flowable (water<br />

dispersible granule) products have been voluntarily cancelled. The use of dust<br />

formulation in agriculture <strong>and</strong> backpack sprayers are not supported by Bayer<br />

CropScience, the carbaryl technical registrant, who is amending its carbaryl registrations<br />

to delete these uses (EPA 2008).<br />

Methods <strong>and</strong> Rates of Application.<br />

Methods. Groundboom, airblast, <strong>and</strong> aerial applications are typical for agricultural uses<br />

of carbaryl. Other applications can also be made using h<strong>and</strong>held equipment, such as low<br />

pressure h<strong>and</strong> w<strong>and</strong> sprayers, turf guns, <strong>and</strong> various ready-to-use products. Applications<br />

by aerosol cans, h<strong>and</strong>, spoon, shaker can, <strong>and</strong> front- <strong>and</strong> back-mounted spreaders are<br />

prohibited (EPA 2008).<br />

Application Rates. The maximum single application rate allowed on the labels for<br />

agricultural uses in California, Idaho, Oregon, <strong>and</strong> Washington is 12 lb carbaryl/acre<br />

(Table 1). Many agricultural uses allow repeated application of carbaryl at intervals of 7-<br />

14 days. Application intervals are not specified for some uses (e.g., flower beds, home<br />

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