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 20 Cereal fungicide and sulphur active substances - 2016

Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops

Fungicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter

wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals (1)

All cereals (1)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(kg)

Azoxystrobin

2,022

4

7,562

3

9,847

10

83

1

1,336

17

1,392

6

22,569

1,884

Bixafen

10,036

15

25,796

9

52,492

45

0

0

0

0

0

0

88,324

4,491

Boscalid

0

0

6,119

3

39,070

35

0

0

0

0

0

0

47,130

9,525

Chlorothalonil

55,156

83

177,701

64

290,987

96

3,597

40

0

0

0

0

527,638

237,464

Copper oxychloride

1,079

1

555

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,634

713

Cyflufenamid

0

0

2,469

1

8,223

8

83

1

2,862

35

2,970

12

16,606

127

Cyproconazole

563

1

4,204

2

18,785

18

45

1

1,336

17

672

3

25,605

1,169

Cyprodinil

24,554

39

26,337

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

50,891

9,950

Dimoxystrobin

0

0

0

0

972

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

972

67

Epoxiconazole

9,985

19

51,612

19

171,602

86

1,665

15

6,936

83

11,181

44

255,961

15,926

Fenpropimorph

25,342

49

39,292

16

18,263

15

389

5

6,508

66

11,020

42

101,627

21,566

Fluoxastrobin

12,152

16

67,451

20

9,483

9

212

3

3,708

46

2,015

9

95,183

3,484

Fluxapyroxad

8,148

17

33,771

14

93,154

67

1,641

23

51

1

1,733

7

138,596

7,415

Folpet

7,219

14

26,563

11

19,783

17

297

4

0

0

0

0

53,862

22,599

Isopyrazam

13,738

29

27,537

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

41,275

2,510

Kresoxim-methyl

0

0

6,874

3

484

<0.5

0

0

678

8

662

2

8,699

464

Mancozeb

0

0

0

0

1,642

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,642

1,397

Metconazole

223

<0.5

0

0

22,177

20

2,001

28

0

0

0

0

24,401

777

Fungicides

Winter barley

Spring

barley

Winter

wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals (1)

All cereals (1)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(kg)

Metrafenone

639

1

4,211

1

10,031

9

231

2

2,229

25

6,593

29

23,935

1,413

Penthiopyrad

2,252

5

8,233

3

22,594

16

548

8

0

0

86

<0.5

33,712

3,499

Picoxystrobin

8,058

15

30,388

13

4,614

4

0

0

175

2

305

1

43,539

3,119

Prochloraz

5,501

8

10,451

4

40,863

32

1,250

11

182

2

1,505

7

59,771

10,590

Propiconazole

563

1

3,133

1

7,378

7

45

1

0

0

0

0

11,119

708

Proquinazid

9,444

16

8,268

3

40,627

35

963

10

4,854

47

8,453

29

73,422

1,634

Prothioconazole

85,174

94

301,349

85

127,182

84

905

9

4,660

53

6,962

29

527,426

43,564

Pyraclostrobin

11,973

25

37,674

16

26,129

21

120

2

965

12

4,375

19

81,402

5,926

Spiroxamine

31,315

39

98,665

32

30,190

23

0

0

0

0

3,507

14

164,003

27,001

Tebuconazole

23,146

34

63,083

22

125,693

78

1,406

12

2,725

29

3,033

13

220,217

19,267

Trifloxystrobin

25,748

38

108,128

35

3,801

4

212

3

0

0

14

0

138,065

5,458

All fungicides

374,029

96

1,177,426

93

1,196,071

99

15,694

46

39,205

92

66,476

77

2,879,227

463,707

Sulphur

1,275

1

1,394

1

4,325

3

1,331

2

0

0

87

<0.5

8,412

22,980

Area grown

48,030

238,901

102,753

6,843

8,091

23,119

432,077

(1) Includes winter rye and triticale

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