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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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Quantity (tonnes) of the 50 most used active substances, including seed treatments, on all crops surveyed

No.	Active substance	Type ⁽¹⁾	2016	2014	% change
1	Chlorothalonil	F	240	179	34
2	Chlormequat	G	174	170	3
3	Glyphosate	H	169	134	26
4	Mecoprop-P	H	111	108	2
5	Mancozeb	F	103	101	2
6	Pendimethalin	H	99	71	39
7	Prothioconazole	F/S	50	54	-7
8	Sulphur	F	37	24	54
9	Spiroxamine	F	27	28	-5
10	Tebuconazole	F/S	24	24	-2
11	Propamocarb hydrochloride	F	23	26	-12
12	Diquat	H	23	21	7
13	Folpet	F	23	40	-43
14	Fenpropimorph	F	22	30	-28
15	Prochloraz	F/S	17	20	-13
16	Epoxiconazole	F	16	17	-8
17	Fluroxypyr	H	16	13	22
18	Metazachlor	H	15	21	-27
19	Flufenacet	H	13	9	36
20	Cymoxanil	F	12	12	4
21	Boscalid	F	12	14	-11
22	2-Chloroethylphosphonic Acid	G	12	17	-29
23	Metribuzin	H	10	10	4
24	Cyprodinil	F	10	16	-39
25	Linuron	H	10	8	28
26	Fluazinam	F	9	12	-24
27	Pencycuron	S	9	10	-14
28	Diflufenican	H	8	7	10
29	Mepiquat chloride	G	8	9	-13
30	MCPA	H	8	35	-79
31	Fluxapyroxad	F	7	4	85
32	Maleic hydrazide	G	7	5	58
33	Prosulfocarb	H	7	16	-56
34	Metaldehyde	M	7	3	112
35	Pyraclostrobin	F	6	6	5
36	Mandipropamid	F	6	7	-12
37	Dimethomorph	F	6	5	12
38	Trifloxystrobin	F	5	4	21
39	Fosthiazate	I	5	0	N/A
40	Azoxystrobin	F	5	7	-21
41	2,4- DB	H	5	6	-13
42	Trinexapac-ethyl	G	5	5	-6
43	Cyazofamid	F	5	5	2
44	Bixafen	F	5	5	-9
45	Picoxystrobin	F	4	6	-26
46	Dicamba	H	4	4	5
47	Penthiopyrad	F	4	5	-19
48	Chlormequat chloride	G	4	1	457
49	Ametoctradin	F	4	5	-20
50	Chlorotoluron	H	4	53	-93

(1) Pesticide type = F: Fungicide, G: Growth regulator, H: Herbicide,

I: Insecticide/nematicide, M: Molluscicide, S: Seed treatment.

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