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.
Appendix 1 – Estimated application tables
Table 1 Percentage of each crop treated with pesticides and mean number of spray applications - 2016
| Fungicides |
Herbicides |
Insecticides (2) |
Molluscicides |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % |
sp apps |
% |
sp apps |
% |
sp apps |
% |
sp apps |
|
| Winter barley |
96 |
2.8 |
95 |
2.3 |
28 |
1.0 |
4 |
1.1 |
| Spring barley |
93 |
1.8 |
96 |
1.7 |
8 |
1.0 |
<0.5 |
1.0 |
| Winter wheat |
99 |
3.7 |
98 |
2.2 |
27 |
1.2 |
12 |
1.3 |
| Spring wheat |
46 |
1.7 |
91 |
1.4 |
3 |
1.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Winter oats |
92 |
2.6 |
92 |
2.5 |
55 |
1.0 |
1 |
1.0 |
| Spring oats |
77 |
1.8 |
83 |
1.6 |
22 |
1.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Winter oilseed rape |
99 |
2.9 |
98 |
2.6 |
79 |
1.8 |
43 |
1.3 |
| Seed potatoes |
100 |
8.7 |
95 |
2.3 |
79 |
5.6 |
34 |
2.9 |
| Ware potatoes |
98 |
10.3 |
98 |
2.4 |
51 |
1.7 |
55 |
2.5 |
| Legumes |
85 |
1.6 |
84 |
1.8 |
20 |
1.3 |
12 |
1.0 |
| Total arable crops (1) |
94 |
2.9 |
96 |
2.0 |
23 |
1.7 |
8 |
1.7 |
Table 1 Percentage of each crop treated with pesticides and mean number of spray applications - 2016 continued
| Growth regulators |
Any pesticide (excluding STs) |
Seed treatments |
Any pesticide (including STs) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % |
sp apps |
% |
sp apps |
% |
% |
|
| Winter barley |
92 |
1.9 |
98 |
4.7 |
97 |
99 |
| Spring barley |
18 |
1.1 |
98 |
2.6 |
92 |
98 |
| Winter wheat |
98 |
1.9 |
99 |
5.3 |
95 |
99 |
| Spring wheat |
18 |
1.3 |
93 |
2.1 |
83 |
93 |
| Winter oats |
92 |
1.3 |
94 |
4.4 |
77 |
94 |
| Spring oats |
68 |
1.1 |
86 |
2.6 |
78 |
87 |
| Winter oilseed rape |
20 |
1.0 |
99 |
5.9 |
89 |
99 |
| Seed potatoes |
0 |
0.0 |
100 |
11.1 |
85 |
100 |
| Ware potatoes |
17 |
1.0 |
98 |
13.5 |
88 |
98 |
| Legumes |
0 |
0.0 |
89 |
3.3 |
4 |
89 |
| Total arable crops (1) |
46 |
1.6 |
97 |
4.2 |
91 |
98 |
(1) Includes winter rye and triticale
(2) Includes nematicides
Note: STs = seed treatments
The average number of spray applications is calculated only on the areas using each pesticide group and therefore the minimum number of applications is always going to be one (see Appendix 3 – definitions and notes for details).
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