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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.

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Insecticides/nematicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		All potatoes	2014
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(ha)
Acetamiprid	1,890	13	105	1	1,996	2,164
Cypermethrin	239	2	0	0	239	1,211
Esfenvalerate	20,882	69	5,585	25	26,467	28,427
Flonicamid	2,190	17	1,662	6	3,852	6,831
Fosthiazate	127	1	2,288	15	2,415	0
Lambda-cyhalothrin	26,378	71	1,351	7	27,729	36,247
Oxamyl	0	0	761	5	761	3,514
Pymetrozine	6,060	40	975	5	7,035	5,432
Thiacloprid	6,681	40	92	1	6,773	12,766
Thiamethoxam	1,101	7	0	0	1,101	4,379
Zeta-cypermethrin	351	2	0	0	351	0
All insecticides	65,899	79	12,820	51	78,719	102,147
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	1,699	13	4,369	12	6,068	1,814
Metaldehyde	10,548	34	16,816	52	27,364	9,479
All molluscicides	12,247	34	21,185	55	33,432	24,918
Area grown	12,760		14,766		27,526	28,511

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