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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.

Weight (kg) of the 20 most used active substances on all soft fruit crops surveyed

Active substance		Type⁽¹⁾	2018	2016	% change
1	Sulphur	SU	4,058	3,687	10
2	Potassium hydrogen carbonate	F	2,604	935	178
3	Fenhexamid	F	1,719	1,211	42
4	Fosetyl-aluminium	F	1,329	363	266
5	Pyrimethanil	F	723	350	106
6	Cyprodinil	F	621	646	-4
7	Boscalid	F	455	419	9
8	Bupirimate	F	423	306	39
9	Fludioxonil	F	414	431	-4
10	Dimethomorph	F	342	312	10
11	Trifloxystrobin	F	341	0
12	Fluopyram	F	341	0
13	Napropamide	H	303	640	-53
14	Fenpropimorph	F	282	273	4
15	Azoxystrobin	F	262	297	-12
16	Fenpyrazamine	F	240	0
17	Fatty Acids	I	230	0
18	Propyzamide	H	224	115	94
19	Diquat	H	223	351	-36
20	Thiacloprid	I	216	140	55

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

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