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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

Insecticides/acaricides	Non-protected strawberry		Protected strawberry		All strawberry 2018		All strawberry 2016⁽¹⁾
Insecticides/acaricides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Abamectin	0	0	449	37	449	4	858	6
Bifenazate	0	0	310	20	310	36	0	0
Clofentezine	0	0	160	14	160	32	595	76
Cyantraniliprole	0	0	50	4	50	4	0	0
Deltamethrin	0	0	167	15	167	1	165	1
Etoxazole	0	0	233	14	233	8	162	5
Fatty acids	0	0	30	2	30	230	0	0
Indoxacarb	0	0	66	6	66	3	0	0
Lambda-cyhalothrin	11	38	754	57	765	8	886	8
Pirimicarb	0	0	5	<0.5	5	0	88	25
Pymetrozine	0	0	49	4	49	10	284	57
Pyrethrins	0	0	251	21	251	15	60	3
Spinosad	0	0	250	19	250	18	51	4
Spirodiclofen	0	0	18	2	18	2	37	1
Spirotetramat	0	0	149	13	149	15	0	0
Tebufenpyrad	0	0	41	3	41	6	72	9
Thiacloprid	0	0	823	64	823	99	433	52
All insecticides/acaricides	11	38	3,803	99	3,814	490	3,858	322
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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