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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

Seed treatments	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter Oats		Spring Oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Seed treatments	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Clothianidin	754	2	0	0	716	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,471	140	0	0
Clothianidin/prothioconazole	2,460	7	786	<0.5	13,322	14	0	0	1,476	17	0	0	18,045	2,160	9,988	1,008
Cypermethrin	0	0	0	0	1,986	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,986	275	0	0
Difenoconazole/fludioxonil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	73	0	813	5
Difenoconazole/fludioxonil/tebuconazole	1,906	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,732	47	367	4
Fludioxonil	188	1	12,255	5	34,271	36	3,226	58	3,857	46	6,016	25	59,813	612	31,951	310
Fludioxonil/sedaxane	0	0	0	0	4,254	5	0	0	0	0	1,661	7	5,915	100	0	0
Fludioxonil/tefluthrin	0	0	0	0	846	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	846	47	786	38
Fluopyram/prothioconazole/tebuconazole	14,059	37	26,999	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41,058	773	110,564	1,975
Fluquinconazole	0	0	0	0	744	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	744	106	1,901	271

Cont…

Table 2: Cereal seed treatment formulations – 2018 continued

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

Seed treatments	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Seed treatments	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Fluquinconazole/prochloraz	0	0	0	0	1,932	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,932	335	18,736	3,308
Imazalil/ipconazole	8,438	22	87,085	35	6,297	7	139	3	0	0	0	0	101,960	1,431	31,659	422
Prochloraz/triticonazole	660	2	2,906	1	269	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,835	119	144,410	4,560
Prothioconazole	1,504	4	7,295	3	4,005	4	784	14	331	4	503	2	14,421	268	13,051	276
Prothioconazole/tebuconazole	3,189	8	59,151	24	10,982	12	100	2	626	7	6,043	26	80,299	1,842	12,704	287
Silthiofam	0	0	0	0	3,398	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,398	179	2,322	117
Unspecified seed treatment⁽⁴⁾	1,496	4	16,590	7	3,476	4	764	14	644	8	2,444	10	27,302	N/A	14,801	N/A
All seed treatments	34,655	90	213,068	85	86,497	86	5,013	90	6,934	82	16,666	70	365,829	8,435	399,608	13,815
No information seed treatment⁽⁴⁾	3,105	8	17,346	7	9,636	10	529	10	1,110	13	3,547	15	36,772	N/A	6,340	N/A
No seed treatment	536	1	18,876	8	3,492	4	0	0	396	5	3,450	15	28,039	N/A	27,732	N/A
Area grown	37,541		250,476		94,236		5,542		8,440		23,662		425,674		432,077

(1) Includes winter rye

(2) Includes winter rye and triticale

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

(4) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

N/A = not applicable

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