Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2016

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2016.

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Table 9 Winter oilseed rape herbicide and growth regulator formulations - 2016

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides

Winter oilseed rape

2014

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

Aminopyralid/propyzamide

1,528

5

824

Carbetamide

573

2

0

Clomazone

9,617

32

7,328

Clomazone/metazachlor

296

1

3,426

Clopyralid

23

<0.5

269

Clopyralid/picloram

2,075

7

910

Dimethachlor

412

1

748

Dimethenamid-P/metazachlor

2,552

8

488

Dimethenamid-P/ metazachlor/quinmerac

1,093

4

4,295

Diquat

1,021

3

1,577

Fluazifop-P-butyl

4,135

14

7,485

Glyphosate

23,010

76

25,872

Metazachlor

14,501

48

18,873

Metazachlor/quinmerac

6,420

21

7,414

Propaquizafop

12,589

41

12,634

Propyzamide

3,597

12

3,718

Quizalofop-P-ethyl

3,475

12

2,791

Quizalofop-P-tefuryl

3,490

12

6,650

All herbicides

90,409

98

105,740

Growth regulators (1)

Mepiquat Chloride/Metconazole

5,965

20

3,692

All growth regulators

5,965

20

3,692

Area grown

30,142

36,419

(1) It should be noted that the fungicides metconazole and tebuconazole, both have plant growth regulating properties on oilseed rape and therefore can have a dual purpose on this crop.

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