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 21 Cereal herbicide and growth regulator active substances - 2016

Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops

Herbicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter

wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals (1)

All cereals (1)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(kg)

2,4-D

0

0

3,495

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3,495

2,873

2,4- DB

0

0

6,007

3

0

0

207

3

0

0

0

0

6,215

5,322

Amidosulfuron

759

2

491

0

83

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,663

38

Bromoxynil

0

0

1,378

1

156

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,533

186

Carfentrazone-ethyl

0

0

0

0

143

<0.5

0

0

324

4

0

0

467

8

Chlorotoluron

5,893

12

518

<0.5

1,626

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

8,037

3,654

Clodinafop-propargyl

0

0

0

0

9,529

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

9,695

274

Clopyralid

2,751

6

22,718

9

3,016

3

0

0

64

1

3,030

13

31,580

2,074

Dicamba

7

<0.5

59,816

25

2,706

3

278

4

608

8

5,469

24

68,884

4,321

Dichlorprop-P

385

1

4,867

2

1,061

1

128

2

0

0

608

3

7,049

3,217

Diflufenican

37,845

79

36,172

15

71,059

66

1,547

23

4,986

62

3,380

15

157,797

8,095

Diquat

75

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

75

30

Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl

0

0

3,674

2

1,868

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

5,542

300

Florasulam

8,592

18

34,197

14

21,950

19

60

1

826

10

4,253

18

69,976

181

Flufenacet

21,621

45

18,282

8

35,283

34

1,382

20

3,574

44

680

3

83,532

11,125

Flupyrsulfuron-methyl

1,345

3

0

0

23,910

23

0

0

2,729

34

0

0

28,149

189

Fluroxypyr

12,267

25

82,363

34

34,431

31

3,231

47

4,514

56

5,191

22

142,425

15,743

Flurtamone

7,920

16

0

0

11,638

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

19,557

1,200

Glyphosate

32,374

65

86,236

35

40,350

37

873

10

3,797

47

6,540

27

171,119

135,969

Herbicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter

wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals (1)

All cereals (1)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(kg)

Halauxifen-methyl

0

0

259

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

259

1

Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium

759

2

491

<0.5

15,059

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

16,309

34

Ioxynil

0

0

1,153

0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,153

81

MCPA

385

1

13,119

5

1,217

1

128

2

0

0

1,912

8

16,761

7,557

Mecoprop-P

4,695

10

141,012

59

27,782

26

1,226

15

2,979

37

12,888

56

191,282

110,755

Mesosulfuron-methyl

0

0

0

0

14,903

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

14,903

105

Metsulfuron-methyl

7,251

15

134,806

56

15,902

15

2,293

34

3,179

39

8,388

36

172,852

597

Pendimethalin

32,764

68

25,410

11

60,377

58

1,681

25

137

2

1,609

7

123,978

95,989

Picolinafen

15,838

33

17,367

7

40,204

38

165

2

0

0

929

4

74,601

2,186

Pinoxaden

6,709

14

35,015

15

3,141

3

148

2

0

0

0

0

45,012

1,156

Prosulfocarb

347

1

0

0

1,900

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,248

3,596

Pyroxsulam

0

0

0

0

2,943

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

3,108

58

Sulfosulfuron

0

0

0

0

132

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

132

3

Thifensulfuron-methyl

3,927

8

131,576

55

11,569

11

2,702

39

1,103

14

4,283

19

155,161

3,559

Tribenuron-methyl

6,886

14

87,359

36

13,609

13

440

6

2,788

34

11,223

49

123,338

1,009

Unspecified herbicide (2)

0

0

1,392

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,392

N/A

All herbicides

211,396

95

949,173

96

467,546

98

16,489

91

31,607

92

70,384

83

1,759,278

421,484

Growth regulators

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter

wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals (1)

All cereals (1)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(kg)

2-Chloroethylphosphonic Acid

24,609

47

14,377

6

32,752

32

83

1

0

0

0

0

72,557

11,854

Chlormequat

43,332

70

16,700

7

145,098

91

1,388

18

7,376

86

11,990

49

231,087

174,118

Chlormequat chloride

1,959

4

461

<0.5

5,412

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

7,833

3,772

Imazaquin

0

0

0

0

17,959

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

17,959

17

Mepiquat

4,633

6

32

<0.5

952

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

5,617

1,595

Mepiquat chloride

13,219

24

8,913

4

18,037

16

0

0

1,412

17

3,821

17

45,402

6,718

Prohexadione-calcium

13,219

24

9,702

4

15,414

14

0

0

1,412

17

3,821

17

43,569

955

Trinexapac-ethyl

34,078

54

13,992

6

94,727

71

856

12

6,254

59

4,644

20

158,294

5,023

All growth regulators

135,050

92

64,178

18

330,351

98

2,326

18

16,453

92

24,276

68

582,317

204,053

Area grown

48,030

238,901

102,753

6,843

8,091

23,119

432,077

(1) Includes winter rye and triticale (2) Refer to Appendix 3 for definition.

N/A = not applicable

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