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Pesticide usage - soft fruit crops 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2018.

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

Insecticides/acaricides	Non-protected raspberry		Protected raspberry		All raspberry 2018		All raspberry 2016⁽¹⁾
Insecticides/acaricides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Abamectin	0	0	184	57	184	2	152	1
Clofentezine	0	0	2	1	2	<0.5	6	1
Cyantraniliprole	0	0	5	3	5	<0.5	0	0
Deltamethrin	7	7	69	30	76	1	94	1
Etoxazole	0	0	7	3	7	<0.5	0	0
Lambda-cyhalothrin	9	7	21	13	30	<0.5	31	<0.5
Pirimicarb	0	0	3	2	3	<0.5	0	0
Pymetrozine	0	0	6	4	6	1	0	0
Pyrethrins	0	0	45	23	45	3	5	<0.5
Spinosad	0	0	11	3	11	1	0	0
Tebufenpyrad	0	0	8	5	8	1	6	<0.5
Thiacloprid	23	20	174	67	197	24	116	14
All insecticides/acaricides	40	27	536	96	576	34	446	36
Area grown	113		162		276		329

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

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