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.


Table 23 Winter oilseed rape insecticide and molluscicide active substances - 2016

Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances

Insecticides

Winter oilseed rape

Winter oilseed rape

(ha)

(%)

(kg)

Acetamiprid

168

1

7

Alpha-cypermethrin

1,399

5

17

Cypermethrin

985

3

22

Deltamethrin

326

1

2

Indoxacarb

589

2

12

Lambda-cyhalothrin

22,438

43

132

Tau-fluvalinate

11,035

32

437

Thiacloprid

1,856

6

128

Zeta-cypermethrin

4,986

17

49

All insecticides

43,782

79

805

Molluscicides

Ferric phosphate

1,187

4

138

Metaldehyde

14,353

39

1,647

Methiocarb

694

2

61

All molluscicides

16,234

43

1,846

Area grown

30,142

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