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 3 Cereal insecticide and molluscicide formulations - 2016
Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated
| Insecticides |
Winter barley |
Spring barley |
Winter wheat |
Spring wheat |
Winter oats |
Spring oats |
All cereals (1) |
2014 (2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(%) |
(ha) |
(ha) |
|
| Alpha-cypermethrin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
280 |
<0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
280 |
1,678 |
| Chlorpyrifos |
0 |
0 |
392 |
<0.5 |
1,104 |
1 |
83 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
95 |
<0.5 |
1,674 |
23,466 |
| Cypermethrin |
1,497 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1,511 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3,008 |
5,145 |
| Deltamethrin |
0 |
0 |
1,649 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,649 |
2,570 |
| Esfenvalerate |
2,405 |
5 |
97 |
0 |
1,808 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4,310 |
16,790 |
| Lambda-cyhalothrin |
9,398 |
19 |
16,091 |
7 |
26,696 |
23 |
134 |
2 |
3,770 |
46 |
4,995 |
22 |
62,763 |
80,462 |
| Zeta-cypermethrin |
684 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
317 |
<0.5 |
0 |
0 |
789 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1,791 |
11,536 |
| All insecticides |
13,983 |
28 |
18,228 |
8 |
31,718 |
27 |
216 |
3 |
4,559 |
55 |
5,090 |
22 |
75,473 |
141,647 |
| Molluscicides |
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| Ferric phosphate |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,715 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2,765 |
1,461 |
| Metaldehyde |
2,110 |
4 |
141 |
<0.5 |
13,432 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15,733 |
7,227 |
| Methiocarb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
<0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
2,468 |
| All mollusicides |
2,110 |
4 |
141 |
<0.5 |
16,169 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
18,520 |
11,155 |
| Area grown |
48,030 |
238,901 |
102,753 |
6,843 |
8,091 |
23,119 |
432,077 |
461,474 |
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(1) Includes winter rye and triticale
(2) Includes triticale
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