Application of insecticide to a deciduous tree.

Pesticide being applied to a rice field in South Korea.

Application of pesticides to plum trees to combate infestation by the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae).

A Tyler tractor specially designed for ground application of pesticides.

Use of an airplane for pesticide application in an onion field.

Crop duster spraying pesticide on an alfalfa field.

A methyl bromide gauge in use during pesticide application on an orchard at Grand Junction in Colorado.

Fungicide application to a potato field.

An application of gramoxone, a contact herbicide, to potato vines in the field.

Pesticide application on a drybeans field using an airplane.

Pesticide application on a drybeans field using an airplane.

Damage to sugar beet roots caused by exposure to dicamba.

Damage to sugar beet seedlings caused by exposure to picloram.

Evidence of pesticide damage to a lettuce leaf.

Damage to barley plants caused by improper application of atrazine.

Damage to the developing flower of barley, caused by improper use of dicamba.

Pesticide damage to barley due to improper use of an EPTC herbicide.

Pesticide damage to barley due to improper use of picloram.

Pesticide damage to barley due to improper use of trifluralin herbicide.

Damage to the root of a sugar beet caused by exposure to 2, 4-D.

Close-up view of damage to a sugar beet plant caused by exposure to dicamba.

Bean seedling displaying symptoms of damage from application of dicamba.

Pesticide (Phenoxy) damage on a snap bean field.

Papaya plant damaged by 2, 4-D in Thailand.

Herbicide (dicamba) damage to a sumac tree.

Herbicide damage to a pine tree in a suburban yard.

Leader of an Austrian pine showing damage from herbicide.

Demonstration of the spray pattern from a nozzle used in applying pesticides.

Setting up a system to monitor the application of pesticides in a corn field.

Preparing pesticides for application in Thailand.

Dr. Bill Brown, Colorado State University, measuring the proper concetration of metam sodium in preparation for application in the field.

Spray residal on snapdragon

Label on a bottle of Restricted Use pesticide, with the chemical name (Paraquat) circled in red.

Display of two forms of pesticides.

Soil fumigation probe and gauge in use in a fruit orchard.

nozzles on spray boom

spray boom

Calibrating a ground sprayer prior to application of pesticide.

A RoGator tractor used for pesticide application in operation in the field.

Tractor-mounted fumigation tanks in use during shank soil fumigation on an orchard at Grand Junction in Colorado.

Back end of a tractor-drawn pesticide applicator, showing shanks and a float used to seal rip marks after fumigation.

An injection rig for metam-sodium application on a field at Grand Junction in Colorado.

A soil injection probe for metam-sodium application on a field at Grand Junction in Colorado.

Injection borer used for injecting pesticides into tree turnks - a pear tree here.

A pesticide storage facility at San Luis Valley Research Center.

spray residue

Improper disposal of pesticide containers in South Korea.

Burning pesticide containers.

A fungicide trial on an ARDEC potato field in 2002.

A post-emergence herbicide treatment of an onion field.

A post-emergence herbicide treatment of an onion field.

Preparation of a fungicide for plot application.

Pesticide application to onion plants in the field.

Pesticide application to onion plants in the field.

An onion leaf pre-applied with the pesticide. Pesticide application to onion plants in the field.

An onion leaf showing deposits of pesticides after pesticide application in the field.

Onion pesticide spray application

Fumigation study on onion transplants in a field at Lucerne.

Scarring or russetting likely from the Captan used and the environmental conditions and/or the amount of spray and adjuvants used.

Calibration trials - note blue dye coming from spray boom.

Rice farmer in South Korea mixing pesticide for application to the field.