Pesticide usage - soft fruit crops 2018: survey results
Information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2018.
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Table 22 Principal active substances by weight
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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