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 27 Potato insecticide and molluscicide active substances - 2016
Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Insecticides/nematicides |
Seed potatoes |
Ware potatoes |
All potatoes |
All potatoes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(kg) |
|
| Acetamiprid |
1,890 |
13 |
105 |
1 |
1,996 |
97 |
| Cypermethrin |
239 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
239 |
6 |
| Esfenvalerate |
20,882 |
69 |
5,585 |
25 |
26,467 |
126 |
| Flonicamid |
2,190 |
17 |
1,662 |
6 |
3,852 |
306 |
| Fosthiazate |
127 |
1 |
2,288 |
15 |
2,415 |
5,370 |
| Lambda-cyhalothrin |
26,378 |
71 |
1,351 |
7 |
27,729 |
189 |
| Oxamyl |
0 |
0 |
761 |
5 |
761 |
2,478 |
| Pymetrozine |
6,060 |
40 |
975 |
5 |
7,035 |
976 |
| Thiacloprid |
6,681 |
40 |
92 |
1 |
6,773 |
591 |
| Thiamethoxam |
1,101 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1,101 |
22 |
| Zeta-cypermethrin |
351 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
351 |
4 |
| All insecticides |
65,899 |
79 |
12,820 |
51 |
78,719 |
10,166 |
| Molluscicides |
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| Ferric phosphate |
1,699 |
13 |
4,369 |
12 |
6,068 |
653 |
| Metaldehyde |
10,548 |
34 |
16,816 |
52 |
27,364 |
2,854 |
| All mollusicides |
12,247 |
34 |
21,185 |
55 |
33,432 |
3,506 |
| Area grown |
12,760 |
14,766 |
27,526 |
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