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Pesticide usage - soft fruit crops 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2018.

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

Herbicides/desicccants	Non-protected strawberry		Protected strawberry		All strawberry 2018		All strawberry 2016⁽¹⁾
Herbicides/desicccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
2,4-D/Glyphosate	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Carfentrazone-ethyl	0	0	150	12	150	2	103	2
Clopyralid	2	6	0	0	2	<0.5	34	4
Diquat	21	47	604	42	625	133	828	244
Glyphosate	<0.5	2	33	3	33	36	85	110
Isoxaben	14	47	76	7	90	8	341	18
Metamitron	2	6	66	6	68	50	29	43
Napropamide	0	0	274	24	274	216	400	452
Pendimethalin	12	41	26	2	38	28	2	1
Phenmedipham	1	3	0	0	1	<0.5	5	2
Propyzamide	5	9	157	14	161	99	96	76
All herbicides/desiccants	58	52	1,385	44	1,443	573	2,001	1,000
Area grown	30		1,145		1,175		995

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

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