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

Fungicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		All potatoes	All potatoes
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(kg)
Ametoctradin	7,018	36	8,281	42	15,299	3,659
Amisulbrom	6,398	21	11,684	42	18,082	1,787
Azoxystrobin	1,182	9	2,916	20	4,098	2,531
Benthiavalicarb isopropyl	5,849	21	3,190	16	9,039	252
Chlorothalonil	152	1	147	0	299	224
Copper oxychloride	1,690	4	0	0	1,690	845
Cyazofamid	25,695	88	36,409	77	62,104	4,958
Cymoxanil	55,289	87	81,347	95	136,637	12,313
Difenoconazole	0	0	2,331	8	2,331	350
Dimethomorph	13,332	52	19,047	58	32,379	5,626
Famoxadone	1,645	10	2,247	14	3,891	441
Fenamidone	3,610	19	1,632	8	5,242	775
Fluazinam	17,861	76	33,082	91	50,943	9,096
Fluopicolide	4,772	30	6,946	26	11,718	1,124
Mancozeb	34,026	77	46,426	85	80,452	101,795
Mandipropamid	18,277	75	21,719	66	39,997	5,837
Fungicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		All potatoes	All potatoes
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(kg)
Metalaxyl-M	0	0	74	0.5	74	5
Propamocarb hydrochloride	9,718	53	15,368	40	25,086	22,725
Zoxamide	3,215	19	3,432	17	6,647	875
All fungicides	209,729	100	296,278	98	506,007	175,215
Sulphur	0	0	265	2	265	424
Area grown	12,760		14,766		27,526

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