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 12 Potato fungicide and sulphur formulations - 2016
Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated
| Fungicides |
Seed potatoes |
Ware potatoes |
All potatoes |
2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(ha) |
|
| Ametoctradin/dimethomorph |
7,018 |
36 |
8,281 |
42 |
15,299 |
19,514 |
| Amisulbrom |
6,398 |
21 |
11,684 |
42 |
18,082 |
14,876 |
| Azoxystrobin |
1,182 |
9 |
2,916 |
20 |
4,098 |
3,459 |
| Benthiavalicarb Isopropyl/mancozeb |
5,849 |
21 |
3,190 |
16 |
9,039 |
10,867 |
| Chlorothalonil/cymoxanil |
152 |
1 |
147 |
<0.5 |
299 |
0 |
| Copper oxychloride |
1,690 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1,690 |
0 |
| Cyazofamid |
25,695 |
88 |
36,409 |
77 |
62,104 |
62,110 |
| Cymoxanil |
26,642 |
67 |
33,502 |
66 |
60,143 |
72,528 |
| Cymoxanil/famoxadone |
1,645 |
10 |
2,247 |
14 |
3,891 |
8,119 |
| Cymoxanil/fluazinam |
577 |
4 |
5,265 |
20 |
5,842 |
0 |
| Cymoxanil/mancozeb |
19,760 |
57 |
34,053 |
66 |
53,813 |
61,641 |
| Cymoxanil/mandipropamid |
2,407 |
19 |
127 |
<0.5 |
2,534 |
0 |
| Cymoxanil/propamocarb hydrochloride |
1,800 |
11 |
8,127 |
23 |
9,927 |
7,607 |
| Cymoxanil/zoxamide |
2,367 |
12 |
2,407 |
10 |
4,773 |
0 |
| Difenoconazole/mandipropamid |
0 |
0 |
2,331 |
8 |
2,331 |
962 |
| Dimethomorph/fluazinam |
298 |
2 |
3,233 |
8 |
3,531 |
1,072 |
| Dimethomorph/mancozeb |
6,017 |
23 |
7,532 |
34 |
13,549 |
8,405 |
| Fenamidone/propamocarb hydrochloride |
3,610 |
19 |
1,632 |
8 |
5,242 |
5,552 |
| Fungicides |
Seed potatoes |
Ware potatoes |
All potatoes |
2014 |
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| (ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(ha) |
|
| Fluazinam |
16,987 |
73 |
24,584 |
70 |
41,571 |
54,111 |
| Fluopicolide/propamocarb hydrochloride |
4,772 |
30 |
6,946 |
26 |
11,718 |
17,507 |
| Mancozeb |
2,303 |
14 |
1,838 |
8 |
4,141 |
6,693 |
| Mancozeb/metalaxyl-M |
0 |
0 |
74 |
<0.5 |
74 |
0 |
| Mancozeb/zoxamide |
848 |
7 |
1,025 |
7 |
1,874 |
3,780 |
| Mandipropamid |
15,870 |
75 |
19,261 |
63 |
35,131 |
43,786 |
| All fungicides |
153,885 |
100 |
216,811 |
98 |
370,696 |
402,924 |
| Sulphur |
0 |
0 |
265 |
2 |
265 |
0 |
| Area grown |
12,760 |
14,766 |
27,526 |
28,511 |
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