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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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Area treated (1000 ha) with the 50 most used active substances, including seed treatments, on all crops surveyed

	Active substance	Type⁽¹⁾	2018	2016	% change
1	Prothioconazole	S/F	677	719	-6
2	Chlorothalonil	F	551	532	4
3	Tebuconazole	S/F	381	383	-1
4	Epoxiconazole	F	276	256	8
5	Chlormequat	G	201	231	-13
6	Metsulfuron-methyl	H	178	173	3
7	Fluxapyroxad	F	169	139	22
8	Thifensulfuron-methyl	H	169	155	9
9	Glyphosate	H	166	196	-15
10	Fluroxypyr	H	163	142	15
11	Diflufenican	H	155	158	-2
12	Trifloxystrobin	F	149	138	8
13	Trinexapac-ethyl	G	148	158	-7
14	Pendimethalin	H	130	127	2
15	Fenpropimorph	F	128	102	26
16	Mecoprop-P	H	126	191	-34
17	Tribenuron-methyl	H	121	123	-2
18	Lambda-cyhalothrin	I	118	113	4
19	Imazalil	S	105	36	190
20	Ipconazole	S	102	32	220
21	Mancozeb	F	94	82	15
22	Cymoxanil	F	90	137	-34
23	Picolinafen	H	87	75	17
24	Flufenacet	H	87	87	<0.5
25	Florasulam	H	87	70	24
26	Bixafen	F	85	92	-7
27	Halauxifen-methyl	H	84	0.26	32,228
28	Fluoxastrobin	F	81	95	-15
29	Spiroxamine	F	73	164	-56
30	Prochloraz	S/F	72	258	-72
31	Fludioxonil	S	72	35	106
32	Pyraclostrobin	F	70	82	-15
33	Prohexadione-calcium	G	62	44	41
34	Boscalid	F	59	62	-4
35	2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid	G	58	73	-21
36	Mepiquat chloride	G	57	51	10
37	Cyazofamid	F	55	62	-12
38	Fluopyram	S/F	51	119	-57
39	Metaldehyde	M	49	58	-15
40	Cyflufenamid	F	49	17	196
41	Pinoxaden	H	48	45	7
42	Proquinazid	F	45	73	-38
43	Dimethomorph	F	43	32	34
44	Diquat	H	40	58	-30
45	Dicamba	H	40	69	-42
46	Cyprodinil	F	35	51	-31
47	Azoxystrobin	F	33	34	-1
48	Mandipropamid	F	33	40	-18
49	Esfenvalerate	I	31	31	1
50	Thiram	S	28	32	-13

(1) Pesticide type = F: Fungicide, G: Growth regulator, H: Herbicide, I: Insecticide, M: Molluscicide, S: Seed treatment.

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