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Publication - Statistics

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

Published
13 November 2019
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Part of
Farming and rural
ISBN
9781839603099

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

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Table 2: Cereal seed treatment formulations - 2018

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

Seed treatments Winter barley Spring barley Winter wheat Spring wheat Winter Oats Spring Oats Total 2018(1) Total 2018(1) 2016(2,3) 2016(2,3)
ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Clothianidin 754 2 0 0 716 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,471 140 0 0
Clothianidin/prothioconazole 2,460 7 786 <0.5 13,322 14 0 0 1,476 17 0 0 18,045 2,160 9,988 1,008
Cypermethrin 0 0 0 0 1,986 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,986 275 0 0
Difenoconazole/fludioxonil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 813 5
Difenoconazole/fludioxonil/tebuconazole 1,906 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,732 47 367 4
Fludioxonil 188 1 12,255 5 34,271 36 3,226 58 3,857 46 6,016 25 59,813 612 31,951 310
Fludioxonil/sedaxane 0 0 0 0 4,254 5 0 0 0 0 1,661 7 5,915 100 0 0
Fludioxonil/tefluthrin 0 0 0 0 846 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 846 47 786 38
Fluopyram/prothioconazole/tebuconazole 14,059 37 26,999 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41,058 773 110,564 1,975
Fluquinconazole 0 0 0 0 744 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 744 106 1,901 271

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Table 2: Cereal seed treatment formulations – 2018 continued

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

Seed treatments Winter barley Spring barley Winter wheat Spring wheat Winter oats Spring oats Total 2018(1) Total 2018(1) 2016(2,3) 2016(2,3)
ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Fluquinconazole/prochloraz 0 0 0 0 1,932 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,932 335 18,736 3,308
Imazalil/ipconazole 8,438 22 87,085 35 6,297 7 139 3 0 0 0 0 101,960 1,431 31,659 422
Prochloraz/triticonazole 660 2 2,906 1 269 <0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,835 119 144,410 4,560
Prothioconazole 1,504 4 7,295 3 4,005 4 784 14 331 4 503 2 14,421 268 13,051 276
Prothioconazole/tebuconazole 3,189 8 59,151 24 10,982 12 100 2 626 7 6,043 26 80,299 1,842 12,704 287
Silthiofam 0 0 0 0 3,398 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,398 179 2,322 117
Unspecified seed treatment(4) 1,496 4 16,590 7 3,476 4 764 14 644 8 2,444 10 27,302 N/A 14,801 N/A
All seed treatments 34,655 90 213,068 85 86,497 86 5,013 90 6,934 82 16,666 70 365,829 8,435 399,608 13,815
No information seed treatment(4) 3,105 8 17,346 7 9,636 10 529 10 1,110 13 3,547 15 36,772 N/A 6,340 N/A
No seed treatment 536 1 18,876 8 3,492 4 0 0 396 5 3,450 15 28,039 N/A 27,732 N/A
Area grown 37,541   250,476   94,236   5,542   8,440   23,662   425,674 432,077  

(1) Includes winter rye

(2) Includes winter rye and triticale

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

(4) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

N/A = not applicable

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