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 1 Percentage of each crop treated with pesticides and mean number of spray applications - 2018

Crop Fungicides Herbicides/ desiccants Insecticides/acaricides Molluscicides Sulphur Biologicals(1) Physical control Any pesticide
% spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps
Non-protected strawberry 71 4.7 52 2.8 38 1.0 20 1.0 0 0.0 25 2.0 0 0.0 72 8.0
Protected strawberry 100 8.7 44 1.5 99 3.1 39 1.7 18 2.6 69 4.1 3 1.5 100 14.6
All strawberry 99 8.6 44 1.6 97 3.1 39 1.7 18 2.6 68 4.0 3 1.5 99 14.5
Non-protected raspberry 40 3.7 44 2.4 27 1.3 0 0.0 10 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 6.0
Protected raspberry 99 4.6 51 1.6 96 2.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 1.2 3 1.0 100 7.4
All raspberry 75 4.4 48 1.9 68 2.6 0 0.0 4 1.0 5 1.2 2 1.0 77 7.1
All blackcurrant 97 3.9 63 1.5 98 2.6 0 0.0 91 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 99 6.6
Non-protected other soft fruit 38 3.9 43 1.7 17 1.1 0 0.0 2 1.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 44 5.2
Protected other soft fruit 85 2.5 20 1.2 91 3.2 23 1.0 0 0.0 14 1.8 0 0.0 100 5.3
All other soft fruit 66 2.8 29 1.5 62 2.9 14 1.0 1 1.0 9 1.9 0 0.0 78 5.3
All soft fruit crops 90 6.7 45 1.6 88 2.9 24 1.6 23 2.3 40 3.9 2 1.4 93 11.2

(1) Biologicals include biological control agents and biopesticides

Note: The average number of spray applications is calculated only on the areas receiving each pesticide group and therefore the minimum number of applications is always one (see appendix 3 - definitions and notes for details)

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