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 3 Strawberry biological, molluscicide and physical control formulations - 2018

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Biological control agents Non-protected strawberry Protected strawberry All strawberry 2018 All strawberry 2016(1)
ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Amblyseius spp. 0 0 1 <0.5 1 N/A 0 N/A
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora 0 0 9 1 9 N/A 113 N/A
Neoseiulus cucumeris 0 0 71 6 71 N/A 70 N/A
Parasitic wasps 0 0 240 10 240 N/A 0 N/A
Phytoseiulus persimilis 0 0 563 14 563 N/A 68 N/A
Steinernema feltiae 15 25 148 12 162 N/A 0 N/A
Steinernema kraussei 0 0 31 3 31 N/A 114 N/A
All biological control agents 15 1,063 1,078 N/A 374 N/A
Biopesticides
Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ 10 0 0 773 12 773 31 0 0
Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713 0 0 1,883 58 1,883 114 767 62
Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki 0 0 98 2 98 32 0 0
Beauveria bassiana ATCC - 74040 0 0 113 10 113 12 6 1
Beauveria bassiana GHA 0 0 28 1 28 4 7 1
All biopesticides 0 2,895 2,895 193 780 64
All biologicals(2) 15 25 3,958 69 3,973 193 1,154 64
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate 6 20 355 25 361 75 59 12
Metaldehyde 0 0 412 25 412 71 194 47
All molluscicides 6 20 767 39 773 146 253 59
Physical control
Carbonic acid diamide/urea 0 0 46 3 46 90 24 47
Area grown 30 1,145 1,175 995

(1) For a full list of formulations recorded in 2016 please refer to the 2016 report(3)

(2) All biologicals includes biological control agents and biopesticides

Note: invertebrate biological control agents are applied by number of organisms rather than weight therefore weight data are not presented

N/A = not applicable

Contact

Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot

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