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 36 Relative standard errors for protected and non-protected soft fruit crops - 2018

Relative standard errors (RSE) for the area treated (ha) with pesticide and for weight of active substance (kg) applied

Crops Area SE (%) Weight SE (%)
Protected raspberry(1) 15 17
Protected strawberry 11 18
Protected other soft fruit 16 13
Non-protected raspberry(1) 88 73
Non-protected strawberry(1) 37 43
Non-protected blackcurrant(1) 15 17
Non-protected other soft fruit(1) 43 52
All non-protected crops(1) 21 23
All protected crops 11 17

(1) For these crops standard errors could not be calculated for all strata due to insufficient data in the sample, as these strata have not been used in the aggregate totals for the region the overall RSE values should be treated with caution

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