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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 treated (ha) of the 20 most used active substances on all soft fruit crops surveyed

Active substance		Type⁽¹⁾	2018	2016	% change
1	Fenhexamid	F	2,487	1,704	46
2	Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713	BP	1,900	831	129
3	Thiacloprid	I	1,807	1,163	55
4	Trifloxystrobin	F	1,714	0
5	Fluopyram	F	1,714	0
6	Fludioxonil	F	1,703	1,789	-5
7	Cyprodinil	F	1,703	1,789	-5
8	Bupirimate	F	1,245	891	40
9	Lambda-cyhalothrin	I	1,216	1,360	-11
10	Pyraclostrobin	F	1,176	1,208	-3
11	Boscalid	F	1,176	1,208	-3
12	Sulphur	SU	1,085	781	39
13	Azoxystrobin	F	1,056	1,194	-12
14	Pyrimethanil	F	1,028	524	96
15	Diquat	H	1,010	1,404	-28
16	Penconazole	F	957	193	395
17	Cyflufenamid	F	938	70	1,249
18	Quinoxyfen	F	807	777	4
19	Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ 10	BP	773	0
20	Abamectin	I	652	1,035	-37

(1) Pesticide type = BP: Biopestcide, F: Fungicide, H: Herbicide, I: Insecticide/ acaricide, SU: Sulphur

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