Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2016

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2016.


Table 10 Potato seed treatment formulations - 2016

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Seed treatments

Seed potatoes

Ware potatoes

All potatoes

2014

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(ha)

Fludioxonil

930

7

95

1

1,025

0

Flutolanil

1,762

14

2,526

17

4,288

3,163

Imazalil

251

2

1,232

8

1,484

1,971

Imazalil/pencycuron

0

0

452

3

452

2,024

Imazalil/thiabendazole

1,043

8

1,651

11

2,694

4,226

Pencycuron

7,097

56

7,619

52

14,716

17,497

Unspecified seed treatment (1)

169

1

0

0

169

783

All seed treatments

11,253

85

13,575

88

24,828

29,663

No information seed treatment (1)

582

5

288

2

869

0

No seed treatment

1,309

10

1,526

10

2,835

1,884

Area grown

12,760

14,766

27,526

28,511

(1) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

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