Publication - Statistics

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

Published: 13 November 2019
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781839603099

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

Table 3: Potato storage treatment active substances – 2018

Seed Potatoes
	Tonnes treated	Kg
Ethylene⁽¹⁾	1,031	N/A⁽²⁾
Imazalil	106,349	1,451
Thiabendazole	33,805	1,352
Ware Potatoes
Chlorpropham	76,540	735
Ethylene	58,497	N/A⁽²⁾
Spearmint oil	14,004	840
Thiabendazole	156	6

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⁽⁶⁾

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

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