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Pesticide usage in Scotland 2016: soft fruit crops
Published:
31 Oct 2017
This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2016.
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Pesticide usage in Scotland 2016: soft fruit crops
Table 2: Strawberry insecticide and acaricide formulations - 2016
Table 2: Strawberry insecticide and acaricide formulations - 2016
Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated
| Insecticides/acaricides | Non-protected strawberry | Protected Strawberry | All Strawberry | 2014 (1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Ha) | (%) | (Ha) | (%) | (Ha) | (%) | (Ha) | |
| Abamectin | 0 | 0 | 858 | 59 | 858 | 55 | 959 |
| Chlorpyrifos | 0 | 0 | 159 | 17 | 159 | 16 | 738 |
| Clofentezine | 0 | 0 | 595 | 35 | 595 | 32 | 704 |
| Deltamethrin | 0 | 0 | 165 | 18 | 165 | 17 | 188 |
| Etoxazole | 0 | 0 | 162 | 18 | 162 | 16 | 287 |
| Fenpyroximate | 0 | 0 | 2 | <0.5 | 2 | <0.5 | 101 |
| Lambda-cyhalothrin | 2 | 2 | 884 | 81 | 886 | 75 | 496 |
| Pirimicarb | 0 | 0 | 88 | 10 | 88 | 9 | 947 |
| Pymetrozine | 0 | 0 | 284 | 29 | 284 | 27 | 416 |
| Pyrethrins | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 60 | 6 | 371 |
| Spinosad | 0 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 51 | 5 | 70 |
| Spirodiclofen | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 174 |
| Spiromesifen | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | <0.5 | 64 |
| Tebufenpyrad | 0 | 0 | 72 | 8 | 72 | 7 | 32 |
| Thiacloprid | 0 | 0 | 433 | 34 | 433 | 32 | 291 |
| All insecticides | 2 | 2 | 3,856 | 99 | 3,858 | 92 | 6,186 |
| Area grown | 75 | 920 | 995 | 972 | |||
(1) For full list of formulations recorded in 2014 please refer to the 2014 report (3)