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Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2020

Published: 15 December 2021
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781802016352

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2020.

Supporting documents

Appendix 1 – Estimated application tables

Table 1 Percentage of each crop treated with pesticides and mean number of spray applications - 2020
Crop	Fungicides		Herbicides/ desiccants		Insecticides⁽¹⁾		Molluscicide		Sulphur		Growth regulators		Any pesticide exc. STs		Seed treatments	Any pesticideinc. STs
Crop	%	spray apps	%	spray apps	%	spray apps	%	spray apps	%	spray apps	%	spray apps	%	spray apps	%	%
Winter barley	96	2.6	96	2.1	19	1.0	2	1.1	0	0.0	89	1.9	100	4.1	88	100
Spring barley	95	1.8	99	1.8	8	1.0	<0.5	1.0	3	1.0	35	1.2	99	2.7	92	99
Winter wheat	100	3.5	97	2.1	24	1.2	18	1.3	0	0.0	96	1.9	100	5.1	94	100
Spring wheat	100	1.9	100	1.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	79	1.0	100	2.8	79	100
Winter oats	74	2.4	82	1.5	14	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	80	1.5	89	3.3	84	89
Spring oats	90	1.7	92	1.9	24	1.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	79	1.1	93	3.1	83	93
Winter rye	100	1.5	100	1.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	100	1.7	100	3.2	100	100
Oilseed rape	98	2.7	100	2.6	73	1.8	46	1.4	<0.5	1.0	15	1.0	100	5.8	75	100
Seed potatoes	100	8.8	100	2.3	92	6.5	34	1.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	100	10.9	88	100
Ware potatoes	99	10.2	99	2.4	58	1.9	58	3.3	0	0.0	8	1.0	99	13.8	85	100
Legumes	46	1.1	89	1.9	7	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	89	2.5	8⁽²⁾	89
Total arable crops	96	2.7	98	2.0	20	1.9	9	1.8	2	1.0	52	1.5	99	4.1	90	99

(1) Includes nematicides

(2) 92 per cent of legumes in 2020 had no seed treatment; the seed treatment information for the remaining eight per cent was unspecified

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)

Table 2 Cereal seed treatment formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Seed treatments	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(2,3)	2018^(2,3)
Seed treatments	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Cypermethrin	0	0	0	0	1,625	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,625	202	1,986	275
Difenoconazole/ fludioxonil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,184	14	73	<0.5
Fludioxonil	3,833	9	18,490	7	41,449	45	754	33	3,223	40	9,236	36	77,725	774	59,813	612
Fludioxonil/ sedaxane	0	0	0	0	8,904	10	0	0	0	0	251	1	9,155	181	5,915	100
Fludioxonil/ tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,039	46	0	0	0	0	1,039	12	0	0
Fludioxonil/ tefluthrin	0	0	429	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	429	20	846	47
Fluopyram/ prothioconazole/ tebuconazole	10,955	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,955	201	41,058	773
Imazalil/ ipconazole	14,628	34	31,573	12	651	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	46,853	636	101,960	1,431
Prothioconazole	1,079	3	19,455	8	2,546	3	0	0	255	3	575	2	23,909	463	14,421	268
Prothioconazole /tebuconazole	5,736	13	142,480	55	24,900	27	0	0	2,836	36	9,929	38	188,094	4,257	80,299	1,842

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Table 2 Cereal seed treatment formulations – 2020 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 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Seed treatments	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Silthiofam	0	0	0	0	6,381	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,381	330	3,398	179
Unspecified seed treatment⁽³⁾	1,718	4	26,816	10	3,929	4	0	0	413	5	1,521	6	34,397	N/A	27,302	N/A
All seed treatments	37,949	88	239,243	92	90,385	94	1,792	79	6,727	84	21,512	83	402,746	7,091	365,829	8,435
No information seed treatment⁽³⁾	2,793	6	4,184	2	4,618	5	490	21	175	2	371	1	12,631	N/A	36,772	N/A
No seed treatment	2,347	5	15,275	6	1,037	1	0	0	1,082	14	4,116	16	23,857	N/A	28,039	N/A
Area grown	43,089		258,702		91,249		2,282		7,984		25,999		434,443		425,674

(1) Includes winter rye

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

(3) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

N/A = not applicable

Table 3 Cereal insecticide and molluscicide formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Insecticides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Insecticides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Deltamethrin	231	1	2,665	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,896	17	2,835	11
Esfenvalerate	2,231	5	819	<0.5	5,452	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,502	33	8,666	30
Lambda-cyhalothrin	5,810	13	17,502	7	21,240	19	0	0	1,095	14	6,225	24	51,871	240	61,626	281
All insecticides	8,272	19	20,985	8	26,692	24	0	0	1,095	14	6,225	24	63,269	291	78,127	385
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	236	1	0	0	16,394	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	16,631	1,814	9,227	1,196
Metaldehyde	592	1	34	<0.5	5,351	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,977	327	20,213	2,126
All molluscicides	828	2	34	<0.5	21,746	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	22,608	2,141	29,439	3,322
Area grown	43,089		258,702		91,249		2,282		7,984		25,999		434,443		425,674

(1) Includes winter rye

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

N/A = not applicable

Table 4 Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Azoxystrobin	787	2	135	<0.5	12,894	14	490	21	0	0	1,171	5	15,478	1,466	2,821	417
Azoxystrobin/ chlorothalonil	0	0	265	<0.5	337	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	601	291	13,306	8,625
Azoxystrobin/ cyproconazole	1,286	3	1,364	<0.5	2,692	3	0	0	413	5	0	0	5,755	840	2,551	538
Benzovindiflupyr	608	1	1,066	<0.5	12,437	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	14,112	718	21,164	1,066
Benzovindiflupyr/ prothioconazole	1,558	4	3,212	1	1,276	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,045	709	3,665	614
Bixafen	8,438	20	32,759	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41,196	1,062	10,196	289
Bixafen/fluopyram	0	0	0	0	185	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	185	26	0	0
Bixafen/fluopyram/ prothioconazole	0	0	0	0	4,974	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,974	1,455	2,286	670
Bixafen/ fluoxastrobin/ prothioconazole	0	0	0	0	11,398	12	490	21	0	0	0	0	11,888	2,810	8,132	1,952
Bixafen/ prothioconazole	9,942	17	22,110	6	903	1	0	0	1,302	12	575	2	34,832	3,946	38,391	4,755
Bixafen/ prothioconazole/ spiroxamine	3,675	9	13,562	5	19,997	20	0	0	962	9	7,481	24	45,675	17,217	15,051	7,642

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Table 4 Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Bixafen/ prothioconazole/ spiroxamine	3,675	9	13,562	5	19,997	20	0	0	962	9	7,481	24	45,675	17,217	15,051	7,642
Bixafen/ prothioconazole/ tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	5,063	6	819	36	0	0	0	0	5,882	1,553	8,071	2,308
Boscalid/ epoxiconazole	0	0	1,600	1	32,567	35	0	0	0	0	703	3	35,610	9,779	42,733	11,869
Boscalid/ epoxiconazole/ pyraclostrobin	1,567	4	0	0	3,142	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,709	1,793	853	300
Bromuconazole/ tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	7,125	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,125	1,751	0	0
Chlorothalonil	37,730	64	45,821	17	103,788	71	819	36	0	0	0	0	188,159	98,313	458,712	224,660
Chlorothalonil/ cyproconazole	65	<0.5	0	0	2,237	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,301	1,032	11,987	5,090
Chlorothalonil/ proquinazid	552	1	0	0	1,471	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,022	1,058	10,527	5,090
Chlorothalonil/ tebuconazole	246	1	0	0	4,109	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,355	2,355	20,846	11,296
Copper oxychloride	320	1	1,954	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,274	412	0	0
Cyflufenamid	5,927	12	1,404	1	13,777	11	490	21	4,460	39	8,787	34	34,845	292	49,159	431

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Table 4 Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Cyproconazole/ penthiopyrad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,438	18	2,530	10	3,968	644	2,695	362
Cyprodinil	11,181	26	14,898	5	857	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26,936	5,603	22,523	4,083
Cyprodinil/ isopyrazam	0	0	2,553	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,553	528	12,775	2,579
Epoxiconazole	0	0	3,115	1	25,572	26	0	0	1,334	17	3,174	10	33,195	2,203	68,924	4,333
Epoxiconazole/ fenpropimorph	857	2	5,469	2	541	1	0	0	483	6	0	0	7,350	1,161	37,041	8,805
Epoxiconazole/ fenpropimorph/ kresoxim-methyl	0	0	571	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	675	3	1,246	191	20,637	4,417
Epoxiconazole/ fenpropimorph/ metrafenone	0	0	0	0	154	<0.5	0	0	342	4	803	3	1,300	271	14,523	4,071
Epoxiconazole/ fluxapyroxad	0	0	1,632	1	13,380	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	15,012	1,710	51,999	6,302
Epoxiconazole/ fluxapyroxad/ pyraclostrobin	3,554	7	2,747	1	877	1	0	0	0	0	1,304	5	8,482	1,496	19,226	3,071
Epoxiconazole/ folpet	0	0	75	<0.5	678	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	754	422	1,618	810

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Table 4 Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Epoxiconazole/ isopyrazam	0	0	149	<0.5	141	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	290	22	951	82
Epoxiconazole/ metconazole	0	0	0	0	15,407	13	469	21	0	0	0	0	15,876	985	13,335	771
Epoxiconazole/ metrafenone	1,417	3	0	0	3,760	4	0	0	228	3	1,355	5	6,760	1,002	12,710	1,665
Epoxiconazole/ pyraclostrobin	847	2	4,583	2	2,773	3	66	1	152	2	1,846	7	10,702	1,210	4,825	487
Fenpropidin/ prochloraz/ tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	159	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	159	8	1,492	671
Fenpropimorph	5,114	12	1,452	1	1,174	1	0	0	2,117	25	2,466	9	12,323	2,913	39,691	7,907
Fenpropimorph/ pyraclostrobin	0	0	338	<0.5	0	0	0	0	87	1	0	0	425	40	17,661	5,551
Fluoxastrobin/ prothioconazole	0	0	3,617	1	3,726	4	0	0	1,295	16	2,388	8	11,026	1,614	15,423	2,030
Fluoxastrobin/ prothioconazole/ trifloxystrobin	10,847	17	56,265	19	750	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	67,861	8,605	56,944	6,674
Fluxapyroxad	9,964	22	27,599	10	23,267	24	301	13	239	3	1,305	5	62,675	2,439	49,974	2,337
Fluxapyroxad/ mefentrifluconazole	637	1	1,143	<0.5	26,702	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	28,482	3,311	0	0

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Table 4 Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Fluxapyroxad/ metconazole	0	0	0	0	1,150	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,150	121	1,379	189
Fluxapyroxad/ pyraclostrobin	6,886	15	10,749	4	16,223	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	33,858	4,994	20,810	2,748
Folpet	14,740	26	145,294	49	76,937	57	803	35	0	0	0	0	237,775	111,591	20,200	9,114
Isopyrazam/ prothioconazole	463	1	17,963	7	1,117	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19,543	3,619	0	0
Mancozeb	0	0	0	0	18,602	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,602	15,175	7,554	5,734
Mefentrifluconazole	0	0	1,270	<0.5	20,030	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	21,300	1,636	0	0
Metconazole	0	0	0	0	1,956	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,956	106	918	37
Metrafenone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	1	300	19	0	0
Prochloraz/ proquinazid/ tebuconazole	243	1	1,258	<0.5	5,798	6	0	0	201	3	0	0	7,500	1,930	18,211	4,939
Prochloraz/ tebuconazole	0	0	0	0	11,401	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,401	4,377	13,596	4,612
Proquinazid	2,461	6	500	<0.5	5,036	4	33	1	1,098	14	2,134	7	13,446	363	16,651	502
Prothioconazole	16,006	28	40,523	15	23,258	25	819	36	1,765	15	3,604	13	86,392	8,201	68,565	5,944
Prothioconazole/ spiroxamine	9,815	20	58,058	19	2,269	2	0	0	1,249	16	4,057	16	75,448	16,439	54,938	12,208

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Table 4 Cereal fungicide and sulphur formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Prothioconazole/spiroxamine/ tebuconazole	463	1	3,364	1	404	<0.5	0	0	0	0	415	2	4,645	781	2,187	400
Prothioconazole/tebuconazole	11,413	21	70,466	25	38,740	35	1,003	31	0	0	1,584	6	125,925	15,894	110,355	14,593
Prothioconazole/trifloxystrobin	12,031	25	77,347	24	5,513	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	94,890	11,553	76,459	9,351
Pyraclostrobin	441	1	0	0	1,709	2	0	0	0	0	449	2	3,016	245	6,199	510
Tebuconazole	0	0	988	<0.5	39,825	36	291	13	1,653	21	3,327	13	49,627	6,727	42,191	5,314
Trifloxystrobin	3,986	9	23,165	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27,151	1,697	15,420	1,204
Unspecified fungicide⁽³⁾	114	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	N/A	0	N/A
All fungicides	196,180	96	702,401	95	630,257	100	6,894	100	20,818	74	52,432	90	1,619,439	390,727	1,710,838	450,428
Sulphur	0	0	8,841	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	294	1	9,135	38,254	1,339	2,261
Area grown	43,089		258,702		91,249		2,282		7,984		25,999		434,443		425,674

(1) Includes winter rye

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

(3) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/ desiccants	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(21,2)
Herbicides/ desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
2,4-D/glyphosate	0	0	136	<0.5	94	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	231	332	7	15
2,4-D/MCPA	0	0	2,365	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,365	3,991	527	836
2,4-DB	0	0	3,054	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	<0.5	3,065	3,392	5,897	5,484
2,4-DB/MCPA	0	0	592	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	592	759	322	460
Amidosulfuron/ iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium	1,249	3	248	<0.5	2,945	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,441	100	868	17
Amidosulfuron/ iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium/ mesosulfuron-methyl	0	0	0	0	411	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	411	15	0	0
Bromoxynil	0	0	1,142	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,142	229	0	0
Bromoxynil/ diflufenican	0	0	0	0	892	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	892	166	1,137	64
Chlorotoluron/ diflufenican/ pendimethalin	5,047	12	4,050	2	6,070	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16,943	18,913	11,847	13,235

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Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/ desiccants	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Herbicides/ desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Clodinafop-propargyl	0	0	0	0	6,565	7	148	6	0	0	0	0	6,714	181	9,815	272
Clodinafop-propargyl/ pinoxaden	0	0	0	0	1,436	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,436	43	0	0
Clopyralid	0	0	0	0	1,216	1	0	0	0	0	547	2	1,764	123	426	25
Clopyralid/ florasulam/ fluroxypyr	1,559	4	6,383	2	678	1	0	0	201	3	395	2	9,216	1,378	12,896	1,856
Dicamba/ MCPA/ mecoprop-p	0	0	1,623	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,623	500	1,301	1,072
Dicamba/ mecoprop-p	121	<0.5	25,103	10	1,418	2	0	0	0	0	208	1	26,849	13,510	38,364	19,363
Dichlorprop-p/ MCPA/ mecoprop-p	0	0	2,620	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,620	1,834	6,240	5,362
Diflufenican	11,197	26	20,112	8	24,388	27	0	0	87	1	6,773	26	65,158	4,277	64,562	4,324
Diflufenican/ florasulam	335	1	0	0	1,475	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,810	62	6,752	231
Diflufenican/ flufenacet	13,315	31	35,305	14	21,677	24	490	21	4,355	55	0	0	78,504	12,822	60,984	9,307

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Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/ desiccants	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Herbicides/ desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Diflufenican/ flufenacet/ flurtamone	0	0	0	0	597	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	597	134	4,215	1,359
Diflufenican/ iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium/ mesosulfuron-methyl	0	0	0	0	6,514	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,514	341	4,021	184
Diflufenican/ pendimethalin	391	1	0	0	1,062	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,453	1,099	6,209	4,074
Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl	949	2	10,162	4	820	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,930	665	9,258	532
Florasulam	1,610	4	3,767	1	3,398	4	0	0	26	<0.5	911	4	9,712	35	5,352	15
Florasulam/ fluroxypyr	868	2	16,963	7	4,316	5	0	0	1,129	14	2,220	9	26,237	1,914	20,068	1,471
Florasulam/ halauxifen-methyl	5,292	12	22,138	9	8,544	9	819	36	0	0	0	0	36,794	265	38,669	240
Florasulam/ pinoxaden	0	0	75	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	1	0	0
Florasulam/ pyroxsulam	0	0	0	0	3,325	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,325	75	4,635	103

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Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/ desiccants	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Herbicides/ desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Florasulam/ tribenuron-methyl	0	0	1,365	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,094	16	5,458	86	0	0
Flufenacet	1,026	2	0	0	3,662	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,689	722	2,291	248
Flufenacet/ pendimethalin	2,319	5	572	<0.5	3,076	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,967	5,652	6,167	4,240
Flufenacet/ picolinafen	7,099	16	0	0	12,002	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	19,100	3,348	12,658	2,316
Flumioxazine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	220	3	0	0	220	7	81	2
Fluroxypyr	5,909	14	61,790	24	10,611	12	170	7	1,166	15	11,253	43	90,898	11,005	84,597	10,405
Fluroxypyr/ halauxifen-methyl	1,252	3	65,052	25	1,761	2	992	43	0	0	0	0	69,057	6,318	45,060	4,403
Fluroxypyr/ metsulfuron-methyl	0	0	5,181	2	234	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,414	510	0	0
Glyphosate	25,163	58	89,222	34	34,446	34	803	35	1,560	17	9,230	35	161,783	127,410	134,985	96,176
Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium/ mesosulfuron-methyl	0	0	0	0	13,934	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	13,934	149	6,245	77
MCPA	0	0	4,762	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	534	2	5,296	4,992	4,563	3,423

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Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/ desiccants	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Herbicides/ desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Mecoprop-p	2,310	5	49,494	19	13,867	15	301	13	359	5	9,701	37	76,033	47,658	79,978	49,935
Mesosulfuron-methyl/ propoxycarbazone-sodium	0	0	0	0	567	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	567	19	394	15
Metsulfuron-methyl	1,881	4	7,870	3	4,666	5	523	23	359	5	1,114	4	16,413	73	13,674	57
Metsulfuron-methyl/ thifensulfuron-methyl	1,065	2	114,027	44	7,015	8	1,759	77	0	0	0	0	123,867	3,558	109,890	3,228
Metsulfuron-methyl/ tribenuron-methyl	4,088	9	30,357	12	8,349	9	0	0	1,495	19	6,040	23	51,260	396	54,098	478
Pendimethalin	4,634	11	3,727	1	12,665	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	21,462	16,982	37,066	28,111
Pendimethalin/ picolinafen	12,055	28	26,236	10	17,611	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	55,902	44,507	74,828	54,317
Pinoxaden	2,734	6	32,407	13	2,043	2	170	7	0	0	0	0	37,354	1,105	48,042	1,167
Prosulfocarb	893	2	5,772	2	2,993	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,018	13,217	4,271	5,431
Pyroxsulam	0	0	0	0	733	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,093	39	1,042	20

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Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/ dessicants	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Herbicides/ dessicants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Sulfosulfuron	0	0	0	0	108	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	2	559	11
Thifensulfuron-methyl	0	0	0	0	640	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	640	19	1,375	31
Thifensulfuron-methyl/ tribenuron-methyl	4,034	9	54,763	21	8,387	9	0	0	528	7	9,829	38	77,542	1,830	56,272	1,473
Tri-allate	243	1	241	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	484	481	0	0
Tribenuron-methyl	320	1	7,160	3	3,539	4	0	0	0	0	322	1	11,340	74	10,763	58
All herbicides/ desiccants	118,957	96	715,836	99	260,752	97	6,175	100	11,488	82	63,182	92	1,190,313	357,315	1,130,538	336,584

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Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Growth regulators	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Growth regulators	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
2-chloroethylphosphonic acid	7,259	17	18,792	7	9,871	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	35,921	5,938	41,643	8,017
2-chloroethylphosphonic acid/chlormequat	2,832	7	4,896	2	8,601	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	16,329	6,041	11,757	5,015
2-chloroethylphosphonic acid/chlormequat chloride	704	2	706	<0.5	1,100	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,510	964	3,715	1,517
2-chloroethylphosphonic acid/mepiquat	2,225	5	148	<0.5	272	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,644	1,005	562	346
2-chloroethylphosphonic acid/mepiquat chloride	405	1	538	<0.5	606	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,549	508	0	0
Chlormequat	35,880	66	41,806	16	108,909	92	523	23	5,262	63	14,255	50	211,357	160,806	177,045	154,752
Chlormequat/imazaquin	0	0	0	0	646	<0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	646	195	12,448	5,451
Mepiquat chloride/ prohexadione-calcium	11,812	24	11,490	4	16,020	17	0	0	626	7	2,725	10	44,470	8,117	51,548	7,642
Prohexadione-calcium	3,440	8	203	<0.5	1,673	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,316	143	0	0

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Table 5 Cereal herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Growth regulators	Winter barley		Spring barley		Winter wheat		Spring wheat		Winter oats		Spring oats		Total 2020⁽¹⁾	Total 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Growth regulators	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Prohexadione-calcium/ trinexapac-ethyl	463	1	2,200	1	2,039	1	0	0	0	0	3,057	11	10,776	359	9,962	326
Trinexapac-ethyl	26,210	52	34,338	12	91,278	74	1,813	79	6,095	64	6,819	23	170,012	5,663	138,678	4,984
All growth regulators	91,230	89	115,117	35	241,015	96	2,335	79	11,983	80	26,857	79	501,530	189,739	448,775	188,943
Area grown	43,089		258,702		91,249		2,282		7,984		25,999		434,443		425,674

(1) Includes winter rye

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

Table 6 Oilseed rape seed treatment formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Seed treatments	Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾		Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Seed treatments	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI600	7,783	25	2	0	0
Thiram	11,966	39	90	1,430	8
Unspecified seed treatment⁽³⁾	3,195	10	N/A	1,380	N/A
All seed treatments	22,944	75	93	29,574	323
No information seed treatment⁽³⁾	1,987	6	N/A	3,091	N/A
No seed treatment	5,862	19	N/A	456	N/A
Area grown	30,793			32,735

(1) Oilseed rape figures from 2018 and 2020 include spring oilseed rape.

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

(3) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

N/A = not applicable

Table 7 Oilseed rape insecticide and molluscicide formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Insecticides	Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾		Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Insecticides	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Acetamiprid	656	2	26	0	0
Alpha-cypermethrin	324	1	3	0	0
Deltamethrin	368	1	3	1,701	10
Esfenvalerate	444	1	2	0	0
Indoxacarb	503	1	12	199	4
Lambda-cyhalothrin	26,390	41	182	14,318	84
Tau-fluvalinate	11,293	25	473	10,667	389
Thiacloprid	1,392	3	100	0	0
All insecticides	41,369	73	801	33,353	551
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	14,546	56	1,754	8,174	926
Metaldehyde	5,434	19	384	15,743	1,513
All molluscicides	19,980	46	2,138	23,917	2,439
Area grown	30,793			32,735

(1) Oilseed rape figures from 2018 and 2020 include spring oilseed rape.

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

Table 8 Oilseed rape fungicide and sulphur formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾		Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Fungicides	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Azoxystrobin	4,898	5	701	6,756	1,089
Azoxystrobin/cyproconazole	2,698	3	469	4,427	940
Azoxystrobin/isopyrazam	762	1	147	294	72
Azoxystrobin/tebuconazole	714	1	217	114	36
Bixafen/prothioconazole	137	<0.5	26	0	0
Bixafen/prothioconazole/tebuconazole	3,549	4	985	3,069	768
Boscalid	4,080	4	671	10,917	2,010
Boscalid/dimoxystrobin	2,886	2	431	1,296	259
Boscalid/metconazole	7,724	7	1,231	3,463	612
Difenoconazole	334	<0.5	29	777	54
Fluopyram/prothioconazole	9,073	7	1,752	8,103	1,650
Fluoxastrobin/tebuconazole	2,259	2	534	0	0
Metconazole	3,309	3	71	1,869	28
Prothioconazole	24,014	17	2,711	24,563	3,093
Prothioconazole/tebuconazole	25,499	16	4,133	27,435	4,797
Tebuconazole	6,897	7	1,090	4,172	604
Thiophanate-methyl	488	<0.5	147	909	281
All fungicides	99,321	98	15,344	109,052	18,933
Sulphur	53	<0.5	169	223	401
Area grown	30,793			32,735

(1) Oilseed rape figures from 2018 and 2020 include spring oilseed rape.

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

Table 9 Oilseed rape herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/desiccants	Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾		Oilseed Rape 2020⁽¹⁾	2018^(1,2)	2018^(1,2)
Herbicides/desiccants	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Aminopyralid/metazachlor/picloram	1,776	2	1,264	1,073	834
Aminopyralid/propyzamide	1,163	1	957	878	739
Bifenox	673	1	323	270	129
Clethodim	444	<0.5	34	0	0
Clomazone	9,069	9	514	10,295	607
Clomazone/metazachlor	3,327	3	2,248	3,988	2,679
Clopyralid	1,119	1	113	845	117
Clopyralid/halauxifen-methyl	1,280	1	112	0	0
Clopyralid/picloram	239	<0.5	25	2,074	225
Dimethenamid-p/metazachlor	267	<0.5	215	592	557
Dimethenamid-p/metazachlor/quinmerac	3,046	3	3,328	6,128	6,285
Fluazifop-p-butyl	1,785	2	154	2,243	211
Glyphosate	21,228	22	29,860	26,942	35,098
Halauxifen-methyl/picloram	1,186	1	18	0	0
Imazamox/quinmerac	999	1	276	0	0
Metazachlor	14,679	15	9,041	17,222	10,600
Metazachlor/quinmerac	2,221	2	2,038	1,627	1,392
Propaquizafop	8,889	9	497	11,854	593
Propyzamide	11,663	12	7,821	6,328	4,088
Quizalofop-p-ethyl	8,245	8	287	4,690	177
Quizalofop-p-tefuryl	3,714	4	95	2,122	60
All herbicides/desiccants	97,013	100	59,219	100,286	64,895
Growth regulators
Mepiquat chloride/metconazole	4,603	15	859	5,139	938
All growth regulators	4,603	15	859	5,139	938
Area grown	30,793			32,735

(1) Oilseed rape figures from 2018 and 2020 include spring oilseed rape.

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

Table 10 Potato seed treatment formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Seed treatments	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2020	Total 2020	2018	2018
Seed treatments	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Fludioxonil	2,196	18	3,022	19	5,218	420	2,574	278
Flutolanil	5,477	46	6,670	41	12,148	3,832	7,369	2,166
Imazalil	659	5	1,989	12	2,648	113	3,391	153
Pencycuron	205	2	155	1	360	231	9,321	4,642
Penflufen	1,931	16	1,986	12	3,916	292	0	0
Unspecified seed treatment⁽¹⁾	423	4	438	3	860	N/A	2,394	N/A
All seed treatments	10,891	88	14,259	85	25,150	4,888	25,048	7,239
No information seed treatment⁽¹⁾	666	6	899	6	1,565	N/A	1,449	N/A
No seed treatment	713	6	1,592	10	2,305	N/A	2,423	N/A
Area grown	12,003		16,294		28,298		27,359

(1) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

N/A = not applicable

Table 11 Potato insecticide and molluscicide formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Insecticides/nematicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2020	Total 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Insecticides/nematicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Acetamiprid	4,998	38	3,036	11	8,033	383	746	37
Esfenvalerate	24,867	74	7,073	23	31,940	157	22,601	109
Flonicamid	7,931	49	102	1	8,033	634	6,785	447
Fosthiazate	0	0	744	5	744	1,873	108	162
Lambda-cyhalothrin	32,860	87	4,584	21	37,444	269	41,126	280
Oxamyl	120	1	2,413	15	2,532	4,524	1,786	5,033
Spirotetramat	1,298	10	0	0	1,298	76	0	0
Thiacloprid	11,649	69	1,012	6	12,662	1,181	12,432	1,093
All insecticides/nematicides	83,722	92	18,964	58	102,686	9,097	90,685	7,675
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	7,400	34	29,385	56	36,785	4,534	8,456	1,330
Metaldehyde	411	3	4,261	10	4,673	410	13,220	1,624
Unspecified molluscicide⁽²⁾	0	0	448	1	448	N/A	N/A	N/A
All molluscicides	7,811	34	34,095	58	41,906	4,945	21,676	2,955
Area grown	12,003		16,294		28,298		27,359

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

(2) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

N/A = not applicable

Table 12 Potato fungicide formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2020	Total 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Ametoctradin	0	0	449	2	449	108	0	0
Ametoctradin/dimethomorph	5,092	33	11,519	46	16,612	6,883	20,594	8,650
Amisulbrom	8,011	40	13,361	52	21,372	1,832	25,318	2,210
Azoxystrobin	0	0	7,947	28	7,947	2,398	2,907	972
Benthiavalicarb	806	7	6,057	21	6,863	333	0	0
Benthiavalicarb/oxathiapiprolin	5,269	34	6,683	30	11,952	469	0	0
Benthiavalicarb isopropyl/ mancozeb	5,469	29	7,861	20	13,330	15,278	9,311	10,612
Boscalid/pyraclostrobin	0	0	113	1	113	9	0	0
Cyazofamid	27,113	87	38,014	86	65,128	5,173	54,530	4,382
Cymoxanil	16,488	59	26,778	69	43,266	4,140	21,699	1,982
Cymoxanil/mancozeb	25,957	78	61,530	88	87,486	114,430	59,343	74,762
Cymoxanil/mandipropamid	4,364	14	922	5	5,287	1,361	1,734	446
Cymoxanil/ propamocarb hydrochloride	2,849	21	8,030	28	10,879	11,596	4,746	4,276
Cymoxanil/zoxamide	1,911	11	2,486	10	4,397	1,279	323	96
Dimethomorph	1,063	4	4,855	19	5,917	888	3,118	468
Dimethomorph/mancozeb	2,754	20	10,599	36	13,354	23,525	10,663	18,628
Dimethomorph/ propamocarb hydrochloride	0	0	397	2	397	469	0	0

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Table 12 Potato fungicide formulations – 2020 continued

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

Fungicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2020	Total 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Fluazinam	4,346	21	6,257	23	10,603	3,046	14,077	3,896
Fluopicolide/ propamocarb hydrochloride	8,175	41	13,134	54	21,309	23,072	13,981	14,592
Mancozeb	6,454	24	6,160	21	12,614	16,014	7,659	8,749
Mancozeb/zoxamide	0	0	3,168	9	3,168	3,472	791	1,068
Mandipropamid	15,970	71	12,136	43	28,106	4,160	30,132	4,346
Oxathiapiprolin	3,836	20	4,216	22	8,052	111	10,100	149
All fungicides	145,927	100	252,674	99	398,601	240,046	306,927	166,694
Area grown	12,003		16,294		28,298		27,359

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

Table 13 Potato herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/desiccants	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2020	Total 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Herbicides/desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Aclonifen	1,612	13	861	5	2,473	2,589	0	0
Carfentrazone-ethyl	13,408	88	14,606	61	28,013	1,393	20,949	1,001
Clomazone	694	6	1,907	12	2,601	146	733	37
Clomazone/pendimethalin	531	4	1,833	11	2,364	1,717	323	176
Cycloxydim	62	1	446	3	508	173	2,274	436
Diquat	0	0	1,183	7	1,183	355	39,290	13,161
Flufenacet/metribuzin	1,323	11	1,752	11	3,075	2,856	3,621	3,524
Glyphosate	398	3	282	2	680	477	3,129	2,000
Metobromuron	4,540	38	7,136	44	11,676	12,697	7,559	7,876
Metribuzin	8,768	73	13,003	80	21,771	9,554	19,655	9,638
Pendimethalin	0	0	1,097	7	1,097	1,097	702	730
Propaquizafop	190	2	0	0	190	10	391	31
Prosulfocarb	806	7	2,304	14	3,110	7,288	793	2,421
Pyraflufen-ethyl	11,277	72	18,456	78	29,733	440	6,687	104
Rimsulfuron	283	2	3,190	20	3,472	37	3,866	44
All herbicides/desiccants	43,893	100	68,055	99	111,948	40,830	113,567	43,202

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Table 13 Potato herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2020 continued, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Growth regulators	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2020	Total 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Growth regulators	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Maleic hydrazide	0	0	1,277	8	1,277	3,830	323	775
All growth regulators	0	0	1,277	8	1,277	3,830	323	775
Area grown	12,003		16,294		28,298		27,359

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

Table 14 Legume seed treatment formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Seed treatments	Legumes 2020		Legumes 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Seed treatments	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Unspecified Seed Treatment⁽²⁾	197	8	N/A	0	0
All seed treatments	197	8	N/A	0	0
No Seed Treatment	2,269	92	N/A	2,268	N/A
Area grown	2,466			2,549

(1) No formulations were recorded in 2018, please refer to the 2018 report⁽³⁾

(2) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

Please note: 92 per cent of legumes in 2020 had no seed treatment, the seed treatment information for the remaining 8 per cent was unspecified. Legumes includes field beans and dry harvest peas.

N/A = not applicable

Table 15 Legume insecticide formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Insecticides	Legumes 2020		Legumes 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Insecticides	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Esfenvalerate	91	4	<0.5	0	0
Lambda-cyhalothrin	85	3	<0.5	549	4
All insecticides	175	7	1	626	5
Area grown	2,466			2,549

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽¹⁾

Note: legumes includes field beans and dry harvest peas.

No molluscicides were recorded on legumes.

Table 16 Legume fungicide formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Fungicides	Legumes 2020		Legumes 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Fungicides	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Azoxystrobin	772	31	123	524	58
Boscalid/pyraclostrobin	277	11	66	0	0
Chlorothalonil/cyproconazole	91	4	55	1,205	567
Metconazole	570	23	31	0	0
Tebuconazole	91	4	13	0	0
All fungicides	1,800	46	289	1,807	674
Area grown	2,466			2,549

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report⁽¹⁾

Note: legumes includes field beans and dry harvest peas

Table 17 Legume herbicide/desiccant formulations - 2020, Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
Herbicides/desiccants	Legumes 2020		Legumes 2020	2018⁽¹⁾	2018⁽¹⁾
Herbicides/desiccants	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Bentazone	242	10	244	0	0
Carfentrazone-ethyl	209	8	13	0	0
Clomazone	663	27	38	916	58
Clomazone/pendimethalin	617	25	630	78	85
Cycloxydim	140	6	41	116	23
Glyphosate	1,360	55	1,562	1,304	1,596
Imazamox/pendimethalin	1,250	51	1,057	1,412	1,483
Pendimethalin	563	23	393	339	339
Propaquizafop	163	7	10	159	11
Quizalofop-p-ethyl	112	5	6	0	0
All herbicides/desiccants	5,319	89	3,993	4,976	3,745
Area grown	2,466			2,549

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2018 please refer to the 2018 report(1)

Note: legumes includes field beans and dry harvest peas

Table 18 Compounds encountered in the arable survey for the first time in 2020
Active substance	Type⁽¹⁾	Area treated (ha)	Amount used (kg)
Aclonifen	H	2,473	2,589
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI600	S	7,783	N/A
Mefentrifluconazole	F	49,782	3,798
Penflufen	S	3,916	292
Spirotetramat	I	1,298	76

(1) Pesticide type = F: Fungicide, H: Herbicide, I: Insecticide and S: Seed Treatment

N/A = not applicable

Table 19 Mode of action/chemical group of insecticide/nematicide active substances on all arable crops - 2020, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Chemical Group	IRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action				ha	kg
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor	Oxamyl	Carbamate	1A	2,532	4,524
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor	Fosthiazate	Organophosphorus	1B	744	1,873
All acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors				3,276	6,397
Sodium channel modulators	Alpha-cypermethrin	Pyrethroid	3A	324	3
	Deltamethrin	Pyrethroid	3A	3,264	20
	Esfenvalerate	Pyrethroid	3A	40,976	193
	Lambda-cyhalothrin	Pyrethroid	3A	115,790	692
	Tau-fluvalinate	Pyrethroid	3A	11,293	473
All sodium channel modulators				171,647	1,381
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) competitive modulators	Acetamiprid	Neonicotinoid	4A	8,689	408
	Thiacloprid	Neonicotinoid	4A	14,054	1,282
All nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) competitive modulators				22,743	1,690
Other mode of action
Voltage-dependent sodium channel blocker	Indoxacarb	Oxadiazines	22A	503	12
Inhibitors of acetyl CoA carboxylase	Spirotetramat	Tetramic acid	23	1,298	76

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Table 19 Mode of action/chemical group of insecticide/nematicide active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Chemical Group	IRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action				ha	kg
Chordontonal organ modulators - undefined target site	Flonicamid	Pyridine compound	29	8,033	634
All other modes of action				9,834	722
All insecticides				207,500	10,190
Area grown				496,000

Note: Active substances have been grouped by their mode of action. Full details on mode of action classification can be found on the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) webpage⁽⁹⁾

Table 20 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops - 2020, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	ha	kg
Cytoskeleton and motor proteins	Thiophanate-methyl	Methyl benzimidazole carbamates	Thiophanate	1	488	147
	Zoxamide	Benzamides	Toluamides	22	7,565	1,024
	Fluopicolide	Benzamide	Pyridinylmethyl-benzamide	43	21,309	2,097
	Metrafenone	Aryl-phenyl-ketones	Benzophenone	50	8,360	627
All cytoskeleton and motor proteins					37,722	3,896
Respiration	Benzovindiflupyr	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	20,157	955
	Bixafen	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	147,361	5,855
	Boscalid	SDHI	Pyrazole-carboxamides	7	55,399	10,034
	Fluopyram	SDHI	Pyridinyl-ethyl-benzamides	7	14,231	1,253
	Fluxapyroxad	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	149,659	6,580
	Isopyrazam	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	23,149	1,846
	Penthiopyrad	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	3,968	460
	Azoxystrobin	Qo inhibitors	Methoxy-acrylates	11	39,627	5,844
	Dimoxystrobin	Qo inhibitors	Oxazolidine-diones	11	2,886	216
	Fluoxastrobin	Qo inhibitors	Dihydro-dioxazines	11	93,034	3,793

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Table 20 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	ha	kg
Respiration	Kresoxim-methyl	Qo inhibitors	Oximino-acetates	11	1,246	60
	Pyraclostrobin	Qo inhibitors	Methoxy-carbamates	11	61,368	5,367
	Trifloxystrobin	Qo inhibitors	Oximino-acetates	11	188,945	8,456
	Amisulbrom	Qi inhibitor	Sulfamoyl-triazole	21	21,372	1,832
	Cyazofamid	Qi inhibitor	Cyano-imidazole	21	65,128	5,173
	Fluazinam	Phenylpyridinamine	2,6-dinitro-anilines	29	10,603	3,046
	Ametoctradin	Qo inhibitor, stigmatellin binding type	Triazolo-pyrimidylamine	45	17,060	4,041
All respiration					915,192	64,810
Amino acids and protein synthesis	Cyprodinil	Anilino - pyrimidines	Anilino - pyrimidines	9	29,489	5,999
Signal transduction	Proquinazid	Aza-naphthalenes	Quinazolinone	13	22,968	562
Lipid synthesis and membrane integrity	Propamocarb hydrochloride	Carbamate	Carbamate	28	32,586	31,679
Lipid synthesis and membrane integrity	Oxathiapiprolin	OSBPI oxysterol binding protein homologue inhibition	Piperidinyl-thiazole-isoxazolines	49	20,004	252
All lipid synthesis and membrane integrity					105,047	38,492

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Table 20 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	ha	kg
Sterol biosynthesis in membranes	Bromuconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	7,125	1,067
	Cyproconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	14,813	663
	Difenoconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	334	29
	Epoxiconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	136,789	8,412
	Mefentrifluconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	49,782	3,798
	Metconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	30,584	1,057
	Prochloraz	DeMethylation inhibitor	Imidazoles	3	18,901	4,113
	Prothioconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazolinthiones	3	649,780	55,142
	Tebuconazole	DeMethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	253,503	20,554
	Fenpropidin	Morpholines	Piperidines	5	159	3

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Table 20 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	ha	kg
Sterol biosynthesis in membranes	Fenpropimorph	Morpholines	Morpholines	5	22,557	4,046
Sterol biosynthesis in membranes	Spiroxamine	Morpholines	Spiroketal-amines	5	124,811	21,711
All sterol biosynthesis in membranes					1,309,138	120,595
Cell wall biosynthesis	Benthiavalicarb	Carboxylic acid amides	Valinamide carbamate	40	18,815	661
	Benthiavalicarb isopropyl	Carboxylic acid amides	Valinamide carbamate	40	13,330	373
	Dimethomorph	Carboxylic acid amides	Cinnamic acid amides	40	36,280	6,287
	Mandipropamid	Carboxylic acid amides	Mandelic acid amides	40	33,393	4,951
All cell wall biosynthesis					101,817	12,271
Unknown mode of action	Cyflufenamid	Phenyl-acetamide	Phenyl-acetamide	U06	34,845	292
Unknown mode of action	Cymoxanil	Cyanoacetamide-oxime	Cyanoacetamide-oxime	27	144,746	14,063
All unknown mode of action					179,591	14,354

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Table 20 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	ha	kg
Chemicals with multi-site activity	Mancozeb	Dithio-carbamate	Dithio-carbamate	M03	147,177	177,335
	Chlorothalonil	Chloronitrile	Chloronitrile	M05	197,153	102,278
	Folpet	Phthalimide	Phthalimide	M04	238,529	111,963
	Copper oxychloride	Inorganic	Inorganic	NC	2,274	412
All chemicals with multi-site activity					585,133	391,987
All fungicides					3,286,098	652,967
Sulphur					9,188	38,423
Area grown					496,000

Note: Active substances have been grouped by their mode of action. Full details on mode of action classification can be found on the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) webpage⁽¹⁰⁾

Table 21 Mode of action/chemical group of herbicide/desiccant active substances on all arable crops – 2020, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	ha	kg
Inhibition of acetyl CoA carboxylase	Clodinafop-propargyl	Aryloxyphenoxy-propionates (FOPs)	1	8,150	203
	Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl	Aryloxyphenoxy-propionates (FOPs)	1	11,930	665
	Fluazifop-p-butyl	Aryloxyphenoxy-propionates (FOPs)	1	1,785	154
	Propaquizafop	Aryloxyphenoxy-propionates (FOPs)	1	9,242	517
	Quizalofop-p-ethyl	Aryloxyphenoxy-propionates (FOPs)	1	8,357	292
	Quizalofop-p-tefuryl	Aryloxyphenoxy-propionates (FOPs)	1	3,714	95
	Clethodim	Cyclohexanediones (DIMs)	1	444	34
	Cycloxydim	Cyclohexanediones (DIMs)	1	648	214
	Pinoxaden	Phenylpyrazoline	1	38,865	1,127
All Inhibition of acetyl CoA carboxylase				83,135	3,300
Inhibition of EPSP synthase	Glyphosate	Glycine	9	185,281	159,509
All inhibition of EPSP synthase				185,281	159,509

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Table 21 Mode of action/chemical group of herbicide/desiccant active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	ha	kg
Inhibition of photosynthesis at photosystem II (- histidine 215 binders)	Bentazone	Benzothiadiazinone	6	242	244
	Bromoxynil	Nitriles	6	2,034	372
Inhibition of photosynthesis at photosystem II (- serine 264 binders)	Chlorotoluron	Ureas	5	16,943	8,014
	Metobromuron	Ureas	5	11,676	12,697
	Metribuzin	Triazinones	5	24,846	10,759
All inhibition of photosynthesis at photosystem II				55,741	32,085
Inhibition of VLCFAs	Dimethenamid-p	α-chloroacetamides	15	3,313	1,135
	Metazachlor	α-chloroacetamides	15	23,145	15,515
	Flufenacet	α-oxyacetamides	15	108,363	15,746
	Prosulfocarb	Thiocarbamates	15	14,128	20,506
	Tri-allate	Thiocarbamates	15	484	481
All inhibition of VLCFAs				149,434	53,382
Inhibition of microtubule assembly	Pendimethalin	Dinitroanilines	3	101,839	79,943
Inhibition of microtubule assembly	Propyzamide	Benzamides	3	12,826	8,766
All inhibition of microtubule assembly				114,665	88,709

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Table 21 Mode of action/chemical group of herbicide/desiccant active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	ha	kg
Photosystem-i-electron diversion	Diquat	Pyridiniums	22	1,183	355
All photosystem-i-electron diversion				1,183	355
Inhibition of protoporphyrinogen oxidase	Bifenox	Diphenyl ethers	14	673	323
	Carfentrazone-ethyl	N-phenyl-triazolinones	14	28,222	1,406
	Flumioxazine	N-phenyl-imides	14	220	7
	Pyraflufen-ethyl	Phenylpyrazoles	14	29,733	440
All inhibition of protoporphyrinogen oxidase				58,849	2,176
Inhibition of acetolactate synthase	Imazamox	Imidazolinones	2	2,249	100
	Amidosulfuron	Sulfonylureas	2	4,852	99
	Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium	Sulfonylureas	2	24,761	50
	Mesosulfuron-methyl	Sulfonylureas	2	21,427	179
	Metsulfuron-methyl	Sulfonylureas	2	196,954	642
	Rimsulfuron	Sulfonylureas	2	3,472	37
	Sulfosulfuron	Sulfonylureas	2	108	2
	Thifensulfuron-methyl	Sulfonylureas	2	202,049	4,214
	Tribenuron-methyl	Sulfonylureas	2	145,426	1,179

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Table 21 Mode of action/chemical group of herbicide/desiccant active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	ha	kg
Inhibition of acetolactate synthase	Florasulam	Triazolopyrimidine - type 1	2	92,626	278
	Propoxycarbazone-sodium	Triazolinones	2	567	11
	Pyroxsulam	Triazolopyrimidine - type 2	2	5,418	101
All inhibition of acetolactate synthase ALS				699,910	6,892
Auxin mimics	Dicamba	Benzoates	4	28,472	1,672
	2,4-D	Phenoxy-carboxylates	4	2,596	2,262
	2,4-DB	Phenoxy-carboxylates	4	3,657	4,042
	Aminopyralid	Pyridine-carboxylates	4	2,939	25
	Clopyralid	Pyridine-carboxylates	4	13,619	968
	Dichlorprop-p	Phenoxy-carboxylates	4	2,620	948
	Fluroxypyr	Pyridyloxy-carboxylates	4	199,866	20,145
	Halauxifen-methyl	Pyridine-carboxylates	4	108,318	425
	MCPA	Phenoxy-carboxylates	4	12,496	7,850
	Mecoprop-p	Phenoxy-carboxylates	4	107,010	59,995
	Picloram	Phenoxy-carboxylates	4	3,088	52
	Quinmerac	Quinoline-carboxylates	4	6,267	1,417
All auxin mimics				490,948	99,800

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Table 21 Mode of action/chemical group of herbicide/desiccant active substances on all arable crops – 2020 continued, Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	Total Arable 2020	Total Arable 2020
Mode of Action	Active substance	Chemical Group	HRAC Group	ha	kg
Inhibition of deoxy-d-xyulose phosphate synthase	Clomazone	Isoxazolidinone	13	18,642	1,157
All inhibition of deoxy-d-xyulose phosphate synthase				18,642	1,157
Inhibition of phytoene desaturase	Diflufenican	Phenyl ethers	12	154,902	9,015
	Flurtamone	Diphenyl heterocycles	12	597	36
	Picolinafen	Phenyl ethers	12	74,220	2,351
All inhibition of phytoene desaturase				229,720	11,402
Inhibition of solanesyl diphosphate synthase	Aclonifen	Diphenyl ether	32	2,473	2,589
All inhibition of solanesyl diphosphate synthase				2,473	2,589
All herbicides				2,089,980	461,356
Area grown				496,000

Note: Active substances have been grouped by their mode of action. Full details on mode of action classification and details of the 2020 MOA revision can be found on the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) webpage⁽¹¹⁾

Table 22 Principal active substances by area treated, Area treated (1000 ha) with the 50 most used active substances, including seed treatments, on all crops surveyed
	Active substance	Type⁽¹⁾	2020	2018	% change
1	Prothioconazole	S/F	873	677	29
2	Tebuconazole	S/F	454	381	19
3	Folpet	F	239	22	993
4	Chlormequat	G	228	201	13
5	Thifensulfuron-methyl	H	202	169	20
6	Fluroxypyr	H	200	163	22
7	Chlorothalonil	F	197	551	-64
8	Metsulfuron-methyl	H	197	178	11
9	Trifloxystrobin	F	189	149	27
10	Glyphosate	H	185	166	11
11	Trinexapac-ethyl	G	181	148	22
12	Diflufenican	H	155	155	0
13	Fluxapyroxad	F	150	169	-12
14	Bixafen	F	147	85	73
15	Mancozeb	F	147	94	56
16	Tribenuron-methyl	H	145	121	20
17	Cymoxanil	F	145	90	61
18	Epoxiconazole	F	137	276	-50
19	Spiroxamine	F	125	73	72
20	Lambda-cyhalothrin	I	116	118	-2
21	Flufenacet	H	108	87	25
22	Halauxifen-methyl	H	108	84	29
23	Mecoprop-p	H	107	126	-15
24	Metconazole	F/G	106	26	305
25	Pendimethalin	H	102	130	-22
26	Fludioxonil	S	95	72	32
27	Fluoxastrobin	F	93	81	16
28	Florasulam	H	93	87	7
29	Picolinafen	H	74	87	-15
30	Ferric phosphate	M	68	26	163
31	Cyazofamid	F	65	55	19
32	Pyraclostrobin	F	61	70	-12
33	Prohexadione-calcium	G	61	62	-2
34	2-chloroethylphosphonic acid	G	59	58	2
35	Boscalid	F	55	59	-7
36	Mepiquat chloride	G	51	57	-11
37	Mefentrifluconazole	F	50	0	N/A
38	Imazalil	S	50	105	-53
39	Ipconazole	S	47	102	-54
40	Esfenvalerate	I	41	31	31
41	Azoxystrobin	F	40	33	18
42	Pinoxaden	H	39	48	-19
43	Dimethomorph	F	36	43	-16
44	Cyflufenamid	F	35	49	-29
45	Mandipropamid	F	33	33	2
46	Propamocarb hydrochloride	F	33	21	56
47	Pyraflufen-ethyl	H	30	7	345
48	Cyprodinil	F	29	35	-16
49	Dicamba	H	28	40	-28
50	Carfentrazone-ethyl	H	28	21	34

(1) Pesticide type = F: Fungicide, G: Growth regulator, H: Herbicide, I: Insecticide, M: Molluscicide, S: Seed treatment. N/A = not applicable.

Table 23 Principal active substances by weight, Quantity (tonnes) of the 50 most used active substances, including seed treatments, on all crops surveyed
	Active substance	Type⁽¹⁾	2020	2018	% change
1	Mancozeb	F	177	113	58
2	Chlormequat	G	165	164	1
3	Glyphosate	H	160	135	18
4	Folpet	F	112	10	1,039
5	Chlorothalonil	F	102	265	-61
6	Pendimethalin	H	80	97	-18
7	Mecoprop-p	H	60	68	-12
8	Prothioconazole	F/S	59	47	26
9	Sulphur	F	38	3	1,344
10	Propamocarb hydrochloride	F	32	19	69
11	Spiroxamine	F	22	13	66
12	Tebuconazole	F/S	21	22	-5
13	Prosulfocarb	H	21	8	161
14	Fluroxypyr	H	20	17	18
15	Flufenacet	H	16	13	24
16	Metazachlor	H	16	19	-16
17	Cymoxanil	F	14	8	77
18	Metobromuron	H	13	8	61
19	Metribuzin	H	11	11	-3
20	Boscalid	F	10	12	-13
21	Diflufenican	H	9	9	3
22	2-chloroethylphosphonic acid	G	9	10	-15
23	Propyzamide	H	9	5	82
24	Trifloxystrobin	F	8	6	34
25	Epoxiconazole	F	8	17	-52
26	Ferric phosphate	M	8	3	135
27	Mepiquat chloride	G	8	7	9
28	Chlorotoluron	H	8	6	43
29	MCPA	H	8	6	27
30	Fluxapyroxad	F	7	8	-20
31	Dimethomorph	F	6	8	-17
32	Cyprodinil	F	6	6	0
33	Trinexapac-ethyl	G	6	5	13
34	Bixafen	F	6	4	54
35	Azoxystrobin	F	6	5	15
36	Pyraclostrobin	F	5	5	3
37	Cyazofamid	F	5	4	18
38	Mandipropamid	F	5	5	4
39	Oxamyl	I	5	5	-10
40	Thifensulfuron-methyl	H	4	4	12
41	Prochloraz	F	4	8	-48
42	Fenpropimorph	F	4	23	-82
43	2,4-DB	H	4	6	-31
44	Ametoctradin	F	4	5	-18
45	Flutolanil	S	4	2	77
46	Maleic hydrazide	G	4	1	394
47	Mefentrifluconazole	F	4	0	N/A
48	Fluoxastrobin	F	4	3	25
49	Fluazinam	F	3	5	-33
50	Aclonifen	H	3	0	N/A

(1) Pesticide type = F: Fungicide, G: Growth regulator, H: Herbicide, I: Insecticide, M: Molluscicide, S: Seed treatment. N/A = not applicable.

Table 24 Total arable crop, comparison with previous years, Pesticide usage in 2016, 2018 and 2020, area treated with formulations and active substances (a.s) and the weight (kg) applied, 2016 2018 2020
	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg
	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight
Insecticides/nematicides	198,964	198,964	12,428	202,792	202,792	8,616	199,483	207,500	10,190
Molluscicides	68,645	68,645	7,843	75,033	75,033	8,716	88,431	84,493	9,223
Fungicides	2,239,796	3,550,384	660,809	2,128,624	3,273,378	636,729	2,128,892	3,233,754	646,406
Sulphur	11,879	11,879	37,467	1,562	1,562	2,662	9,188	9,188	38,423
Herbicides/desiccants	1,383,643	1,997,906	533,728	1,349,368	1,983,129	448,425	1,407,866	2,089,980	461,356
Growth regulators	497,456	596,763	212,489	454,237	548,541	190,656	507,946	590,582	194,429
Seed treatments	451,389	926,172	25,150	420,451	747,314	15,997	451,037	720,003	12,072
All pesticides	4,851,771	7,350,712	1,489,914	4,632,066	6,831,748	1,311,801	4,792,843	6,935,500	1,372,098
Total area grown (ha)	494,167			489,309			496,631

Note: Unspecified treatments have been included in the formulation and active substance areas, however as their weights are unknown, they cannot be included in the quantities applied. Total arable crop includes cereals, oilseed rape, potatoes and legumes. It should be noted that there may be minor differences in the range of crops surveyed between years.

Table 25 Cereals, comparison with previous years, Pesticide usage in 2016, 2018 and 2020, area treated with formulations and active substances (a.s) and the weight (kg) applied, 2016 2018 2020
	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg
	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight
Insecticides	75,473	75,473	1,447	78,127	78,127	385	63,269	63,269	291
Molluscicides	18,520	18,520	2,436	29,439	29,439	3,322	22,608	22,608	2,141
Fungicides	1,762,377	2,879,227	463,707	1,710,838	2,659,346	450,428	1,619,439	2,496,062	390,727
Sulphur	8,412	8,412	22,980	1,339	1,339	2,261	9,135	9,135	38,254
Herbicides/desiccants	1,163,254	1,759,278	421,484	1,130,538	1,739,063	336,584	1,190,313	1,850,821	357,315
Growth regulators	488,976	582,317	204,053	448,775	537,939	188,943	501,530	580,099	189,739
Seed treatments	399,608	845,878	13,815	365,829	666,313	8,435	402,746	671,712	7,091
All pesticides	3,916,621	6,169,106	1,129,922	3,764,885	5,711,567	990,358	3,809,039	5,693,705	985,558
Area grown (ha)	432,077			425,674			434,443

Note: Unspecified treatments have been included in the formulation and active substance areas, however as their weights are unknown, they cannot be included in the quantities applied. Cereals crops include winter barley, spring barley, winter wheat, spring wheat, winter oats, spring oats and winter rye. It should be noted that there may be minor differences in the range of crops surveyed between years.

Table 26 Potatoes comparison with previous years, Pesticide usage in 2016, 2018 and 2020, area treated with formulations and active substances (a.s.) and the weight (kg) applied, 2016 2018 2020
	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg
	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight
Insecticides/nematicides	78,719	78,719	10,166	90,685	90,685	7,675	102,686	102,686	9,097
Molluscicides	33,432	33,432	3,506	21,676	21,676	2,955	41,906	41,906	4,945
Fungicides	370,696	506,007	175,215	306,927	441,298	166,694	398,601	578,939	240,046
Sulphur	265	265	424	0	0	0	0	0	0
Herbicides/desiccants	121,927	124,952	49,369	113,567	117,357	43,202	111,948	117,387	40,830
Growth regulators	2,515	2,515	7,338	323	323	775	1,277	1,277	3,830
Seed treatments	24,828	27,973	11,014	25,048	25,048	7,239	25,150	25,150	4,888
All pesticides	632,381	773,863	257,032	558,227	696,387	228,539	681,568	867,346	303,635
Area grown (ha)	27,526			27,359			28,298

Table 27 Oilseed rape, comparison with previous years, Pesticide usage in 2016, 2018 and 2020, area treated with formulations and active substances (a.s) and the weight (kg) applied, 2016 2018 2020
	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg	ha	ha	kg
	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight	Formulations	a.s.	Weight
Insecticides	43,782	43,782	805	33,353	33,353	551	41,369	41,369	801
Molluscicides	16,234	16,234	1,846	23,917	23,917	2,439	19,980	19,980	2,138
Fungicides	100,681	154,974	19,361	109,052	169,723	18,933	99,321	156,585	15,344
Sulphur	2,973	2,973	12,995	223	223	401	53	53	169
Herbicides/desiccants	90,409	104,526	56,768	100,286	120,243	64,895	97,013	115,057	59,219
Growth regulators	5,965	11,931	1,098	5,139	10,279	938	4,603	9,206	859
Seed treatments	26,789	52,157	298	29,574	55,953	323	22,944	22,944	93
All pesticides	286,833	386,577	93,171	301,544	413,690	88,480	285,283	365,194	78,623
Area planted (ha)	30,142			32,735			30,793

Note: Unspecified treatments have been included in the formulation and active substance areas, however as their weights are unknown, they cannot be included in the quantities applied. Oilseed rape includes winter oilseed rape and spring oilseed rape. It should be noted that there may be minor differences in the range of crops surveyed between years.

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