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 31 Legume insecticide and molluscicide active substances - 2016

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

Insecticides

Legumes

Legumes

(ha)

(%)

(kg)

Esfenvalerate

78

2

<0.5

Lambda-cyhalothrin

472

12

3

Zeta-cypermethrin

439

6

6

All insecticides

989

20

10

Molluscicides

Metaldehyde

458

12

55

All molluscicides

458

12

55

Area grown

3,777

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