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.


Table 4: Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations - 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

Contact

Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot

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