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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.
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Table 13: Potato herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2018
Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
| Herbicides/desiccants | Seed potatoes | Ware potatoes | Total 2018 | Total 2018 | 2016(1) | 2016(1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | % | ha | % | ha | kg | ha | kg | |
| Carfentrazone-ethyl | 12,938 | 75 | 8,011 | 39 | 20,949 | 1,001 | 18,902 | 946 |
| Clomazone | 319 | 3 | 413 | 3 | 733 | 37 | 2,002 | 159 |
| Clomazone/pendimethalin | 0 | 0 | 323 | 2 | 323 | 176 | 0 | 0 |
| Cycloxydim | 275 | 2 | 1,999 | 13 | 2,274 | 436 | 1,950 | 422 |
| Diquat | 16,017 | 74 | 23,273 | 85 | 39,290 | 13,161 | 56,204 | 21,598 |
| Flufenacet/metribuzin | 940 | 8 | 2,682 | 18 | 3,621 | 3,524 | 3,172 | 2,980 |
| Glyphosate | 1,129 | 9 | 2,000 | 13 | 3,129 | 2,000 | 206 | 173 |
| Linuron | 1,186 | 10 | 2,410 | 16 | 3,596 | 2,023 | 16,329 | 9,147 |
| Metobromuron | 3,017 | 25 | 4,542 | 30 | 7,559 | 7,876 | 525 | 525 |
| Metribuzin | 7,960 | 66 | 11,694 | 77 | 19,655 | 9,638 | 18,911 | 8,895 |
| Pendimethalin | 0 | 0 | 702 | 5 | 702 | 730 | 947 | 809 |
| Propaquizafop | 0 | 0 | 391 | 3 | 391 | 31 | 284 | 43 |
| Prosulfocarb | 622 | 5 | 171 | 1 | 793 | 2,421 | 1,140 | 3,649 |
| Pyraflufen-ethyl | 533 | 4 | 6,154 | 26 | 6,687 | 104 | 850 | 18 |
| Rimsulfuron | 0 | 0 | 3,866 | 25 | 3,866 | 44 | 505 | 5 |
| All herbicides/desiccants | 44,936 | 89 | 68,631 | 96 | 113,567 | 43,202 | 121,927 | 49,369 |
Cont…
Table 13: Potato herbicide/desiccant and growth regulator formulations – 2018 continued
Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
| Growth regulators | Seed potatoes | Ware potatoes | Total 2018 | Total 2018 | 2016(1) | 2016(1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | % | ha | % | ha | kg | ha | kg | |
| Maleic hydrazide | 0 | 0 | 323 | 2 | 323 | 775 | 2,515 | 7,338 |
| All growth regulators | 0 | 0 | 323 | 2 | 323 | 775 | 2,515 | 7,338 |
| 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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