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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.
Appendix 1: Estimated application tables
Table 1: Percentage of each crop treated with pesticides and mean number of spray applications - 2018
| Crop | Fungicides | Herbicides/ desiccants | Insecticides(2) | Molluscicide | Sulphur | Growth Regulators | Any pesticide exc. STs | Seed treatments | Any pesticideinc. STs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | spray apps | % | spray apps | % | spray apps | % | spray apps | % | spray apps | % | spray apps | % | spray apps | % | % | |
| Winter barley | 100 | 2.5 | 98 | 2.2 | 22 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 96 | 1.9 | 100 | 4.2 | 90 | 100 |
| Spring barley | 92 | 1.8 | 96 | 1.7 | 12 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 1.1 | 97 | 2.5 | 85 | 98 |
| Winter wheat | 97 | 3.5 | 97 | 2.1 | 21 | 1.2 | 20 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | 1.9 | 98 | 5.1 | 86 | 98 |
| Spring wheat | 99 | 2.0 | 100 | 1.6 | 20 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 1.2 | 100 | 2.5 | 90 | 100 |
| Winter oats | 95 | 2.4 | 96 | 2.1 | 30 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 1.3 | 99 | 3.8 | 82 | 99 |
| Spring oats | 80 | 1.7 | 92 | 1.5 | 34 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 1.1 | 93 | 2.5 | 70 | 94 |
| Oilseed rape | 98 | 2.8 | 99 | 2.6 | 65 | 1.6 | 59 | 1.2 | <0.5 | 2.0 | 16 | 1.0 | 99 | 5.9 | 89 | 100 |
| Seed potatoes | 89 | 8.8 | 89 | 2.2 | 86 | 5.9 | 22 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 89 | 10.9 | 83 | 89 |
| Ware potatoes | 98 | 9.6 | 96 | 2.5 | 64 | 2.3 | 47 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 98 | 12.6 | 88 | 98 |
| Legumes | 30 | 1.7 | 72 | 2.2 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 3.2 | 0(3) | 72 |
| Total arable crops(1) | 93 | 2.7 | 96 | 1.9 | 23 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.4 | <0.5 | 1.1 | 45 | 1.6 | 97 | 3.9 | 84 | 98 |
(1) Includes winter rye
(2) Includes nematicides
(3) 89 per cent of legumes had no seed treatment, the seed treatment information for the remaining 11 per cent was unknown
Note: STs = seed treatments
The average number of spray applications is calculated only on the areas receiving each pesticide group and therefore the minimum number of applications is always one (see appendix 3 – definitions and notes for details)
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