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 28 Potato fungicide and sulphur active substances - 2016

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

Fungicides

Seed potatoes

Ware potatoes

All potatoes

All potatoes

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(kg)

Ametoctradin

7,018

36

8,281

42

15,299

3,659

Amisulbrom

6,398

21

11,684

42

18,082

1,787

Azoxystrobin

1,182

9

2,916

20

4,098

2,531

Benthiavalicarb isopropyl

5,849

21

3,190

16

9,039

252

Chlorothalonil

152

1

147

0

299

224

Copper oxychloride

1,690

4

0

0

1,690

845

Cyazofamid

25,695

88

36,409

77

62,104

4,958

Cymoxanil

55,289

87

81,347

95

136,637

12,313

Difenoconazole

0

0

2,331

8

2,331

350

Dimethomorph

13,332

52

19,047

58

32,379

5,626

Famoxadone

1,645

10

2,247

14

3,891

441

Fenamidone

3,610

19

1,632

8

5,242

775

Fluazinam

17,861

76

33,082

91

50,943

9,096

Fluopicolide

4,772

30

6,946

26

11,718

1,124

Mancozeb

34,026

77

46,426

85

80,452

101,795

Mandipropamid

18,277

75

21,719

66

39,997

5,837

Fungicides

Seed potatoes

Ware potatoes

All potatoes

All potatoes

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(kg)

Metalaxyl-M

0

0

74

0.5

74

5

Propamocarb hydrochloride

9,718

53

15,368

40

25,086

22,725

Zoxamide

3,215

19

3,432

17

6,647

875

All fungicides

209,729

100

296,278

98

506,007

175,215

Sulphur

0

0

265

2

265

424

Area grown

12,760

14,766

27,526

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