Pesticide Registration Toolkit

Explanation Intended Use

Some examples of the intended uses of a pesticide as listed in the selection box above

Broad use categories

Use pattern

Examples

Terrestrial

Food

Fruits and vegetable crops, cereals*, seed treatment (if residues end up in food), rodenticides used in food crops and food storage, post-harvest treatments (if treated outdoors and environmental exposure is expected)

Feed

Maize grown for forage, cotton (seed)**

Non-food

Turf, fibre crops**, crops grown for seed, seed treatment (if residues do not end up in food), mammalian repellents, recreational areas, parks, electricity poles, train tracks, weed control in paved areas, roadsides

Aquatic

Food

Aquatic rice*

Non-food

Ornamental ponds, application to water bodies to treat aquatic weeds, mosquito larviciding, wood treatments for wood used in aquatic settings (piers), antifoulant paint

Greenhouse

Food

Horticulltural crops

Non-food

Ornamentals shrubs, cut flowers, other ornamental plants

Forestry

Forestry

Forests, removal of alien vegetation

Residential outdoor

Residential outdoor

Lawn products for use around homes, space sprays (to control flying vectors, thermal or cold fogging), rodenticides used around residential premises, mammalian repellents, wood treatments (decking materials)

Indoor

Residential

Mosquito coils and vaporizers, aerosols, flea and tick products used on animals (veterinary uses), long-lasting insecticidal nets, residual sprays, space sprays for mosquito and fly control, rodenticides, wood treatments (termiticide uses)

Non-food, non-residential

Non-residential indoor uses (e.g. office buildings), animal premises (e.g. kennels), wood treatment (non-residential construction), aeroplanes

Food

Animal premises (e.g. barns, shelters), restaurants, post-harvest treatments (if treated indoor)

Direct application to humans

Direct application to humans

Repellents, insecticides for lice and scabies control

* Irrigated rice may be both a terrestrial food crop and an aquatic food crop

** cotton may be both terrestrial non-food and terrestrial feed if the cotton seed is used as livestock feed.