Pesticide usage - arable crops and potato stores 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2018.


Table 12: Potato fungicide formulations - 2018

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Fungicides Seed potatoes Ware potatoes Total 2018 Total 2018 2016(1) 2016(1)
ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Ametoctradin/dimethomorph 9,325 55 11,269 40 20,594 8,650 15,299 6,403
Amisulbrom 10,148 46 15,169 41 25,318 2,210 18,082 1,787
Azoxystrobin 0 0 2,907 14 2,907 972 4,098 2,531
Benthiavalicarb isopropyl/mancozeb 6,097 34 3,214 16 9,311 10,612 9,039 10,313
Chlorothalonil/cymoxanil 0 0 178 1 178 152 299 254
Cyazofamid 24,191 83 30,339 89 54,530 4,382 62,104 4,958
Cymoxanil 6,485 26 15,215 36 21,699 1,982 60,143 4,893
Cymoxanil/fluazinam 3,080 25 413 3 3,493 749 5,842 1,825
Cymoxanil/mancozeb 17,872 60 41,472 83 59,343 74,762 53,813 69,219
Cymoxanil/mandipropamid 330 3 1,404 4 1,734 446 2,534 648
Cymoxanil/propamocarb hydrochloride 1,843 12 2,903 8 4,746 4,276 9,927 8,565
Cymoxanil/zoxamide 0 0 323 2 323 96 4,773 1,290
Difenoconazole/mandipropamid 0 0 886 3 886 266 2,331 699
Dimethomorph 817 3 2,301 8 3,118 468 0 0
Dimethomorph/fluazinam 0 0 1,156 8 1,156 347 3,531 1,063
Dimethomorph/mancozeb 4,339 36 6,325 35 10,663 18,628 13,549 23,250
Dimethomorph/zoxamide 3,032 24 4,754 18 7,786 2,677 0 0

Cont…

Table 12: Potato fungicide formulations – 2018 continued

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Fungicides Seed potatoes Ware potatoes Total 2018 Total 2018 2016(1) 2016(1)
ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Fenamidone/propamocarb hydrochloride 1,858 15 367 2 2,224 1,990 5,242 4,651
Fluopicolide/propamocarb hydrochloride 5,646 28 8,335 29 13,981 14,592 11,718 12,359
Mancozeb 3,998 10 3,661 12 7,659 8,749 4,141 4,028
Mancozeb/metalaxyl-M 0 0 178 1 178 230 74 95
Mancozeb/zoxamide 365 3 426 3 791 1,068 1,874 2,077
Mandipropamid 15,877 80 14,256 40 30,132 4,346 35,131 5,110
Oxathiapiprolin 4,265 25 5,835 25 10,100 149 0 0
All fungicides 122,259 89 184,668 98 306,927 166,694 370,696 175,215
Area grown 12,091   15,268   27,359 27,526  

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2016 please refer to the 2016 report(3)

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