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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.
Table 23 Total soft fruit crop, comparison with previous years
Pesticide usage in 2014, 2016 and 2018, area treated with formulations and active substances (a.s.) and the weight (kg) applied
| 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | |
| ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | |
| Insecticides/ acaracides | 9,435 | 9,435 | 1,480 | 5,741 | 5,741 | 461 | 5,973 | 5,973 | 645 |
| Molluscicides | 412 | 412 | 109 | 293 | 293 | 68 | 823 | 823 | 150 |
| Fungicides | 18,505 | 21,498 | 13,392 | 13,788 | 16,940 | 7,055 | 16,911 | 22,291 | 11,017 |
| Sulphur | 1,964 | 1,964 | 5,913 | 781 | 781 | 3,687 | 1,085 | 1,085 | 4,058 |
| Herbicides/ desiccants | 4,246 | 4,549 | 2,187 | 3,958 | 4,163 | 1,837 | 2,894 | 3,098 | 1,199 |
| Biological control agents(1) | 466 | 466 | N/A | 622 | 622 | N/A | 1,129 | 1,129 | N/A |
| Biopesticides | 1,759 | 1,759 | 136 | 852 | 852 | 70 | 2,921 | 2,921 | 198 |
| Physical control | 42 | 325 | 447 | 6 | 24 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 97 |
| All pesticides | 36,828 | 40,407 | 23,663 | 26,041 | 29,416 | 13,225 | 31,786 | 37,371 | 17,363 |
| Area grown (ha)(2) | 1,800 | 1,876 | 2,088 | ||||||
(1) Invertebrate biological control agents are applied by number of organisms rather than weight therefore weight data are not presented
(2) Area grown includes multi-cropping
Note: the 2016 and 2014 herbicide/desiccant weights and therefore weight for all pesticides are lower than those published previously. The weights were previously overestimated and these have now been corrected in this report
N/A = not applicable
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