Research Article
Pesticide Concentrations in Vacuum Dust from Farm Homes: Variation between Planting and Nonplanting Seasons
Table 1
Atrazine application by type of pesticide applicator.
| | Farmer applicator () | Commercial applicator () | valuea | | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range |
| | Avg. No. of Acres | 381 (273.7) | 80β850 | 289 (233.2) | 50β900 | 0.33 | | Atrazine (kgs) | 379 (272) | 79β845 | 376 (304) | 65β1172 | 0.97 | | No. of days applied | 5 (4) | 1β15 | 5 (12.2) | 1β60 | 0.95 | | No. of hours applied | 7.3 (2.8) | 2β12 | 5 (3.3) | 1β14 | 0.05 |
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aStudentβs t-test with value < 0.05 considered statistically significant.
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