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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	Legumes 2018		Legumes 2018	2016⁽¹⁾	2016⁽¹⁾
Insecticides	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Lambda-cyhalothrin	549	9	4	472	3
Zeta-cypermethrin	78	3	1	439	6
All insecticides	626	12	5	989	10
Area grown	2,549			3,777

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

Note: legumes includes field beans and dry harvest peas. No molluscicides were recorded on legumes.

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