Pesticide usage - soft fruit crops 2018: survey results

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


Table 7 Raspberry biological and physical control formulations - 2018

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

Biological control agents Non-protected raspberry Protected raspberry All raspberry 2018 All raspberry 2016(1)
ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Steinernema feltiae 0 0 2 1 2 N/A 0 N/A
Steinernema kraussei 0 0 5 3 5 N/A 0 N/A
All biological control agents 0 7 7 N/A 3 N/A
Biopesticides
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain D747 0 0 5 3 5 2 0 0
Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki 0 0 2 1 2 1 7 <0.5
Beauveria bassiana ATCC - 74040 0 0 2 1 2 <0.5 0 0
All biopesticides 0 0 9 9 3 72 7
All biologicals(2) 0 0 16 8 16 3 75 7
Physical control
Carbonic acid diamide/urea 0 0 4 3 4 7 0 0
Area grown 113 162 276 329

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

(2) All biologicals includes biological control agents and biopesticides

Note: invertebrate biological control agents are applied by number of organisms rather than weight therefore weight data are not presented

N/A = not applicable

Contact

Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot

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