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Pesticide usage - arable crops and potato stores 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2018.

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Insecticides/nematicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		Total 2018	Total 2018	2016⁽¹⁾	2016⁽¹⁾
Insecticides/nematicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Acetamiprid	222	1	523	3	746	37	1,996	97
Esfenvalerate	18,034	63	4,567	23	22,601	109	26,467	126
Flonicamid	4,664	34	2,121	7	6,785	447	3,852	306
Fosthiazate	0	0	108	1	108	162	2,415	5,370
Lambda-cyhalothrin	29,655	70	11,470	41	41,126	280	27,729	189
Oxamyl	1,493	12	293	2	1,786	5,033	761	2,478
Pymetrozine	3,284	26	195	1	3,479	493	7,035	976
Thiacloprid	9,012	69	3,420	15	12,432	1,093	6,773	591
Thiamethoxam	1,023	8	600	4	1,622	21	1,101	22
All insecticides/nematicides	67,388	86	23,297	64	90,685	7,675	78,719	10,166
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	2,200	11	6,256	19	8,456	1,330	6,068	653
Metaldehyde	3,137	17	10,084	38	13,220	1,624	27,364	2,854
All molluscicides	5,336	22	16,340	47	21,676	2,955	33,432	3,506
Area grown	12,091		15,268		27,359		27,526

(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2016 please refer to the 2016 report⁽³⁾

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