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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/desiccants	Non-protected raspberry		Protected raspberry		All raspberry 2018		All raspberry 2016⁽¹⁾
Herbicides/desiccants	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
2,4-D/Glyphosate	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0
Carfentrazone-ethyl	24	21	83	43	107	1	115	2
Clethodim	0	0	2	1	2	<0.5	0	0
Diquat	59	38	76	45	136	32	201	42
Fluazifop-p-butyl	23	20	3	2	26	8	34	4
Glyphosate	1	1	0	0	1	1	15	19
Isoxaben	50	44	6	4	56	5	112	12
Lenacil	0	0	2	1	2	3	5	6
Napropamide	0	0	16	10	16	30	94	118
Pendimethalin	31	27	4	3	35	16	68	62
Propyzamide	3	3	6	4	9	6	76	35
All herbicides/desiccants	193	44	199	51	391	107	719	301
Area grown	113		162		276		329

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

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