Commodity 

2007 

Pounds 

Applied

2008 

Pounds 

Applied

2009 

Pounds 

Applied

ALFALFA (FORAGE - FODDER) (ALFALFA HAY) 163 80

ALMOND 3140 987 379

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PREMISES 69 5209 4

APPLE 164 178 101

APRICOT 316 93 78

ARRUGULA (ROQUETTE, ROCKET SALAD) 48 24 73

ARTICHOKE (GLOBE) (ALL OR UNSPEC) 669 233 59

AVOCADO (ALL OR UNSPEC) 298 95 192

BASIL (BUSH, GARDEN, SWEET) 120 26 17

BEAN, BROAD (FAVA, HORSE BEAN) (ALL/UNSPEC) 1

BEANS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 36 7

BEANS, DRIED-TYPE 206 51 41

BEANS, SUCCULENT (OTHER THAN LIMA) 67 43 11

BEETS, GENERAL 114 59 70

BERMUDAGRASS (FORAGE - FODDER) 12 7 2

BLACKBERRY 26 11 65

BLUEBERRY 258 155 191

BOK CHOY (WONG BOK) 80 4 11

BOYSENBERRY (BOYSENS) 1

BROCCOLI 3232 1791 1074

BROCCOLI RAAB (RAPA, ITALIAN TURNIP, RAPINI) 400 67 77

BRUSSELS SPROUTS 117 82 30

CABBAGE 980 362 228

CANTALOUPE 101 87 358

CARDOON (CARDONI) 7 2

CARROTS, GENERAL 89 366 234

CAULIFLOWER 855 305 272

CELERIAC (CELERY ROOT) 11

CELERY, GENERAL 3586 1853 1037

CHERRY 127 165 85

CHERVIL (SALAD CHERVIL) 1

CHICORY (ALL OR UNSPEC) 22 10 38

CHINESE CABBAGE (NAPPA, WON BOK, CELERY CABBAGE) 108 24 21

CHINESE GREENS, CHINESE LEAFY VEGETABLES 4 3

CHINESE RADISH/DAIKON (LOBOK, JAPANESE RADISH) 4

CHIVE (SIBERICUM) 5 10 12

CILANTRO (CHINESE PARSLEY, CORIANDER LEAVES) 68 27 27

CITRUS FRUITS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 66 69 18

COLE CROPS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 4

Spinosad (110003) Cal. DPR Usage Data 

Publicly available data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CADPR) was used to 

produce the following table outlining the pounds of Spinosad used in California over the three most 

recent years available (2007 - 2009). 
COLLARDS 89 12 16

CORN (FORAGE - FODDER) 16 46 4

CORN SALAD (FETTICUS) 1 2

CORN, HUMAN CONSUMPTION 537 320 114

COTTON, GENERAL 45 42 10

CUCUMBER (PICKLING, CHINESE, ETC.) 11 2 6

DANDELION (CHINESE DANDELION, GOW GAY) 2 1

DATE 40 11 15

DILL 7 3 8

EGGPLANT (ORIENTAL EGGPLANT) 47 8

ENDIVE (ESCAROLE) 159 57 32

FENNEL (ALL OR UNSPEC) 52 6 10

FIG 11 22

FLAVORING AND SPICE CROPS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 20 9 13

GAI LON 9 13

GARLIC 15

GRAPEFRUIT 220 66 122

GRAPES 7156 5416 5597

GRAPES, WINE 512 241 483

KALE 166 58 46

KOHLRABI 7

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 118 249 100

LEAFY VEGETABLES (ALL OR UNSPEC) 7 1 9

LEEK 40 12 25

LEMON 546 424 602

LETTUCE, HEAD (ALL OR UNSPEC) 9139 4015 3199

LETTUCE, LEAF (ALL OR UNSPEC) 10889 6454 4424

LIME (MEXICAN LIME, ETC.) 4 10

MANGO 8

MARJORAM, SWEET (OREGANO) 5

MELONS 197 241 107

MINT (ALL OR UNSPEC) 1 11

MUSTARD, CURLED (MIZUNA) 44 2 11

MUSTARD, GENERAL 152 40 36

NECTARINE 2880 2522 1444

N-GRNHS GRWN CUT FLWRS OR GREENS 378 108 267

N-GRNHS GRWN PLANTS IN CONTAINERS 241 99 179

N-GRNHS GRWN TRNSPLNT/PRPGTV MTRL 31 11 29

N-OUTDR CONTAINER/FLD GRWN PLANTS 595 419 413

N-OUTDR GRWN CUT FLWRS OR GREENS 317 134 162

N-OUTDR GRWN TRNSPLNT/PRPGTV MTRL 367 199 247

OATS, GENERAL 3

OLIVE (ALL OR UNSPEC) 14 8

ONION (DRY, SPANISH, WHITE, YELLOW, RED, ETC.) 2330 1556 760

ONIONS (GREEN) 63 34 47

ORANGE (ALL OR UNSPEC) 14156 8164 10470

PARSLEY (LEAFY VEGETABLE) 57 9 9
PASTURES (ALL OR UNSPEC) 1 4

PEACH 1168 1119 390

PEAR 465 53 45

PEAR, ASIAN (ORIENTAL PEAR) 4 5

PEAS, GENERAL 487 266 153

PEPPERS (CHILI TYPE) (FLAVORING AND SPICE CROP) 26 2 3

PEPPERS (FRUITING VEGETABLE), (BELL,CHILI, ETC.) 4117 1295 733

PERSIMMON 5 9

PIMENTO (PIMIENTO TYPE PEPPER) 1

PISTACHIO (PISTACHE NUT) 69 17

PLUM (INCLUDES WILD PLUMS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION) 638 249 60

PLUOT 7 4 1

POMEGRANATE (MISCELLANEOUS FRUIT) 5

POMELO (SHADDOCK) (CITRUS GRANDIS) 2 3 11

POTATO (WHITE, IRISH, RED, RUSSET) 66 15 21

PRUNE 20 21

PUMPKIN 10 1 1

QUINCE 4 5

RADICCHIO 232 177 145

RADISH 33 14 13

RASPBERRY (ALL OR UNSPEC) 252 120 262

REGULATORY PEST CONTROL 6 64 1

RESEARCH COMMODITY 18 7 9

RIGHTS OF WAY 12 34 16

ROSEMARY 1

SAGE (ALL OR UNSPEC) (FLAVORING AND SPICE CROP) 3 5 2

SHALLOT, ONIONS (SHALLOT) 1 3

SITE UNKNOWN 43

SOIL APPLICATION, PREPLANT-OUTDOOR (SEEDBEDS,ETC.) 18 4

SPINACH 3278 1923 2246

SQUASH (ALL OR UNSPEC) 18 2

SQUASH (SUMMER) 4 2

SQUASH (ZUCCHINI) 3

STONE FRUITS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 4 1

STRAWBERRY (ALL OR UNSPEC) 5908 2071 1218

STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL 11 56 47

SUDANGRASS (FORAGE - FODDER) (SORGHUM SUDANESE) 4

SUGARBEET, GENERAL 279 137 68

SWEET POTATO 30 3

SWISS CHARD (SPINACH BEET) 179 66 86

TANGELO 430 205 289

TANGERINE (MANDARIN, SATSUMA, MURCOTT, ETC.) 1510 576 913

THYME (COMMON THYME) 2 2

TOMATILLO 2

TOMATO 2221 603 569

TOMATOES, FOR PROCESSING/CANNING 1331 436 1112

TURNIP, GENERAL 24 7
UNCULTIVATED AGRICULTURAL AREAS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 52 2 2

VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL 25 1

WALNUT (ENGLISH WALNUT, PERSIAN WALNUT) 390 52 82

WATERCRESS 1 2

WATERMELONS 577 202 74

Grand Total 91249 53342 42471

Date Prepared: May 23, 2011

Cal DPR Data: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/purmain.htm

Empty cells indicate no available usage.