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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

Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Azoxystrobin	157	<0.5	1,300	1	796	1	0	0	135	2	432	2	2,821	417	3,221	422
Azoxystrobin/chlorothalonil	1,482	4	3,176	1	8,212	8	0	0	0	0	436	2	13,306	8,625	17,232	7,325
Azoxystrobin/cyproconazole	0	0	0	0	1,873	2	0	0	678	8	0	0	2,551	538	2,117	338
Benzovindiflupyr	2,722	7	7,488	3	9,631	10	316	6	0	0	0	0	21,164	1,066	0	0
Benzovindiflupyr/prothioconazole	1,102	3	0	0	2,330	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,665	614	0	0
Bixafen	3,236	9	6,960	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,196	289	0	0
Bixafen/fluopyram/prothioconazole	0	0	0	0	2,286	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,286	670	0	0
Bixafen/fluoxastrobin/prothioconazole	0	0	0	0	6,289	7	1,771	32	0	0	72	0	8,132	1,952	5,664	1,276
Bixafen/prothioconazole	8,804	20	23,651	8	4,993	4	0	0	0	0	942	4	38,391	4,755	53,133	8,335
Bixafen/prothioconazole/spiroxamine	0	0	0	0	14,924	15	127	2	0	0	0	0	15,051	7,642	19,872	9,757
Bixafen/prothioconazole/tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	8,071	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,071	2,308	9,655	2,747

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Table 4: Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2018 continued

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

Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Boscalid/poxiconazole	134	<0.5	2,960	1	38,800	40	0	0	0	0	404	2	42,733	11,869	46,487	12,560
Boscalid/epoxiconazole/pyraclostrobin	0	0	0	0	644	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	853	300	644	157
Chlorothalonil	43,297	84	204,728	66	203,311	92	5,636	67	0	0	186	1	458,712	224,660	397,294	187,731
Chlorothalonil/cyproconazole	962	2	1,167	0	9,858	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,987	5,090	8,841	3,312
Chlorothalonil/cyproconazole/propiconazole	236	1	0	0	1,962	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,198	1,048	9,813	5,079
Chlorothalonil/fluxapyroxad	0	0	23,194	9	2,288	2	284	5	0	0	0	0	25,765	9,611	0	0
Chlorothalonil/penthiopyrad	3,179	5	3,879	2	11,352	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,411	6,924	23,680	8,637
Chlorothalonil/picoxystrobin	527	1	307	<0.5	522	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,356	550	42,605	18,125
Chlorothalonil/propiconazole	0	0	0	0	14	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2	1,306	285
Chlorothalonil/proquinazid	2,553	7	3,885	2	3,877	3	0	0	0	0	212	1	10,527	5,090	11,073	4,465
Chlorothalonil/tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	20,846	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	20,846	11,296	29,532	14,915

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Table 4: Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2018 continued

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

Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Cyflufenamid	2,045	5	3,078	1	35,563	30	315	6	3,593	38	3,987	17	49,159	431	16,606	713
Cyproconazole/penthiopyrad	0	0	0	0	2,695	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,695	362	4,530	9
Cyprodinil/isopyrazam	1,513	4	11,261	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12,775	2,579	26,006	6,324
Dimoxystrobin/epoxiconazole	0	0	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	18	972	92
Epoxiconazole	0	0	20,992	8	35,638	28	406	7	3,949	43	5,503	17	68,924	4,333	55,300	3,402
Epoxiconazole/fenpropimorph	1,988	5	20,333	8	11,391	11	2,424	44	196	2	708	3	37,041	8,805	14,379	4,040
Epoxiconazole/fenpropimorph/kresoxim-methyl	320	1	11,842	5	2,531	2	1,680	15	1,432	13	2,832	12	20,637	4,417	8,699	1,483
Epoxiconazole/fenpropimorph/metrafenone	297	1	2,884	1	3,661	4	436	4	1,022	11	3,714	11	14,523	4,071	14,960	3,497
Epoxiconazole/fluxapyroxad	4,263	11	3,901	2	43,745	32	91	2	0	0	0	0	51,999	6,302	54,199	6,504
Epoxiconazole/fluxapyroxad/pyraclostrobin	1,512	4	10,584	4	5,661	6	47	1	215	3	1,207	5	19,226	3,071	32,085	5,301

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Table 4: Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2018 continued

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

Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Epoxiconazole/folpet	107	<0.5	0	0	1,511	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,618	810	3,670	1,675
Epoxiconazole/isopyrazam	555	1	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	951	82	392	75
Epoxiconazole/metrafenone	1,089	3	1,982	1	5,791	6	0	0	1,368	9	2,481	10	12,710	1,665	5,785	789
Epoxiconazole/pyraclostrobin	0	0	1,671	1	1,763	2	0	0	471	4	919	4	4,825	487	10,030	998
Fenpropidin/prochloraz/tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	1,492	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,492	671	0	N/A
Fenpropimorph	6,441	16	9,090	4	8,837	9	91	2	7,235	50	7,615	21	39,691	7,907	41,866	9,971
Fenpropimorph/pyraclostrobin	4,364	12	11,233	4	368	<0.5	315	5	960	11	422	2	17,661	5,551	23,173	7,527
Fluoxastrobin/prothioconazole	1,090	3	6,249	2	5,430	5	573	10	290	3	1,559	7	15,423	2,030	13,835	2,015
Fluoxastrobin/prothioconazole/trifloxystrobin	10,021	17	46,188	13	166	<0.5	383	7	0	0	186	1	56,944	6,674	75,684	8,987
Fluxapyroxad	4,532	7	21,592	8	23,322	22	92	2	0	0	436	2	49,974	2,337	36,724	1,921
Fluxapyroxad/metconazole	0	0	0	0	1,379	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,379	189	4,750	437
Fluxapyroxad/pyraclostrobin	4,795	11	10,828	4	5,187	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	20,810	2,748	10,838	1,627

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Table 4: Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2018 continued

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

Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring Wheat		Winter Oats		Spring Oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Folpet	4,550	12	7,103	3	8,547	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	20,200	9,114	50,191	21,122
Isopyrazam	206	1	559	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	765	38	14,877	868
Mancozeb	0	0	0	0	7,554	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,554	5,734	1,642	1,397
Metconazole	0	0	0	0	918	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	918	37	380	11
Penthiopyrad/picoxystrobin	0	0	35	<0.5	755	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	790	112	86	10
Prochloraz/proquinazid/tebuconazole	1,090	3	5,718	2	11,205	12	0	0	0	0	198	1	18,211	4,939	29,556	7,485
Prochloraz/tebuconazole	892	2	5,495	2	6,552	6	657	12	0	0	0	0	13,596	4,612	14,921	4,955
Proquinazid	1,585	4	1,263	1	10,155	10	316	6	621	7	2,711	11	16,651	502	32,961	846
Prothioconazole	9,837	20	26,188	9	28,674	30	0	0	2,478	29	1,388	6	68,565	5,944	64,057	5,607
Prothioconazole/spiroxamine	12,689	27	33,827	12	6,251	6	255	5	360	4	730	3	54,938	12,208	135,970	30,320
Prothioconazole/spiroxamine/tebuconazole	0	0	426	<0.5	1,761	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,187	400	4,192	567
Prothioconazole/tebuconazole	13,656	27	65,861	23	26,314	25	945	15	581	7	1,304	6	110,355	14,593	95,591	12,899
Prothioconazole/trifloxystrobin	11,038	23	58,054	17	7,138	8	230	4	0	0	0	0	76,459	9,351	50,794	6,260

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Table 4: Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2018 continued

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

Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2018⁽¹⁾	Total 2018⁽¹⁾	2016^(2,3)	2016^(2,3)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Pyraclostrobin	0	0	1,115	<0.5	3,157	3	315	6	606	7	0	0	6,199	510	4,632	324
Spiroxamine	341	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	341	107	3,970	813
Tebuconazole	0	0	93	<0.5	37,011	36	266	5	2,866	34	1,955	8	42,191	5,314	38,372	4,808
Trifloxystrobin	2,726	7	11,776	5	918	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15,420	1,204	11,587	973
All fungicides	181,531	100	706,840	92	719,393	97	18,381	99	29,056	95	42,538	80	1,710,838	450,428	1,762,377	463,707
Sulphur	297	1	0	0	1,042	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,339	2,261	8,412	22,980
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⁾

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