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 25 Winter oilseed rape herbicide and growth regulator active substances - 2016

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

Herbicides

Winter oilseed rape

Winter oilseed rape

(ha)

(%)

(kg)

Aminopyralid

1,528

5

11

Carbetamide

573

2

1,032

Clomazone

9,913

33

579

Clopyralid

2,098

7

186

Dimethachlor

412

1

418

Dimethenamid-P

3,646

12

1,480

Diquat

1,021

3

613

Fluazifop-P-butyl

4,135

14

374

Glyphosate

23,010

76

30,707

Metazachlor

23,922

79

15,388

Picloram

2,075

7

46

Propaquizafop

12,589

41

613

Propyzamide

5,125

17

3,527

Quinmerac

7,514

25

1,579

Quizalofop-P-ethyl

3,475

12

110

Quizalofop-P-tefuryl

3,490

12

105

All herbicides

104,526

98

56,768

Growth regulators

Mepiquat chloride

5,965

20

961

Metconazole

5,965

20

137

All growth regulators

11,931

20

1,098

Area grown

30,142

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