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Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2016

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2016.

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides	Seed potatoes		Ware potatoes		All potatoes	2014
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(ha)
Carfentrazone-ethyl	10,952	73	7,950	52	18,902	20,437
Clomazone	94	1	1,908	13	2,002	1,836
Cycloxydim	383	3	1,566	11	1,950	574
Diquat	26,004	93	30,200	92	56,204	53,080
Flufenacet/metribuzin	1,792	14	1,380	9	3,172	733
Glyphosate	138	1	68	<0.5	206	422
Linuron	7,234	57	9,095	62	16,329	13,985
Metobromuron	0	0	525	4	525	0
Metribuzin	8,606	67	10,305	70	18,911	18,801
Pendimethalin	0	0	947	6	947	2,012
Propaquizafop	0	0	284	2	284	428
Prosulfocarb	788	6	352	2	1,140	2,205
Pyraflufen-ethyl	127	1	722	5	850	0
Rimsulfuron	0	0	505	3	505	613
All herbicides	56,119	95	65,808	98	121,927	115,397
Growth regulators
Maleic hydrazide	0	0	2,515	17	2,515	1,613
All growth regulators	0	0	2,515	17	2,515	1,613
Area grown	12,760		14,766		27,526	28,511

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