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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.

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

Herbicides/desiccants	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2018	Total 2018	2016⁽¹⁾	2016⁽¹⁾
Herbicides/desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Carfentrazone-ethyl	12,938	75	8,011	39	20,949	1,001	18,902	946
Clomazone	319	3	413	3	733	37	2,002	159
Clomazone/pendimethalin	0	0	323	2	323	176	0	0
Cycloxydim	275	2	1,999	13	2,274	436	1,950	422
Diquat	16,017	74	23,273	85	39,290	13,161	56,204	21,598
Flufenacet/metribuzin	940	8	2,682	18	3,621	3,524	3,172	2,980
Glyphosate	1,129	9	2,000	13	3,129	2,000	206	173
Linuron	1,186	10	2,410	16	3,596	2,023	16,329	9,147
Metobromuron	3,017	25	4,542	30	7,559	7,876	525	525
Metribuzin	7,960	66	11,694	77	19,655	9,638	18,911	8,895
Pendimethalin	0	0	702	5	702	730	947	809
Propaquizafop	0	0	391	3	391	31	284	43
Prosulfocarb	622	5	171	1	793	2,421	1,140	3,649
Pyraflufen-ethyl	533	4	6,154	26	6,687	104	850	18
Rimsulfuron	0	0	3,866	25	3,866	44	505	5
All herbicides/desiccants	44,936	89	68,631	96	113,567	43,202	121,927	49,369

Cont…

Table 13: Potato herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2018 continued

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

Growth regulators	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2018	Total 2018	2016⁽¹⁾	2016⁽¹⁾
Growth regulators	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Maleic hydrazide	0	0	323	2	323	775	2,515	7,338
All growth regulators	0	0	323	2	323	775	2,515	7,338
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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