Publication - Statistics

Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2016

Published: 31 October 2017
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781788512596

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2016.

Supporting documents

Table 3 Potato storage treatment active substances - 2016

Seed Potatoes
	Tonnes treated	Kg
Ethylene ⁽¹⁾	2,557	N/A ⁽²⁾
Imazalil	192,089	2,125
Thiabendazole	111,404	2,677
Ware Potatoes
Ethylene	5,461	N/A ⁽²⁾
Chlorpropham	123,986	1,689
Imazalil	1,802	19
Thiabendazole	1,060	23

N/A = not applicable

(1) Ethylene is not approved as a pesticide for use in seed potato stores under PPP regulations. However it is approved as a commodity substance for plant growth regulation in post-harvest crops under COPR ⁽⁷⁾

(2) The mass of ethylene used cannot be estimated (refer to Appendix 3 – definitions and notes)

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Table 3 Potato storage treatment active substances - 2016

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