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 2 Potato storage treatment formulations by storage type - 2016

Store Type

Total tonnes treated

%

Treated

Unventilated

Ventilated

Refrigerated

Seed

Ethylene (1)

0

0

2,557

2,557

1%

Imazalil

0

70,004

10,680

80,684

19%

Imazalil/thiabendazole

3,973

35,144

72,284

111,401

27%

Basic tonnes treated (3)

3,973

105,149

85,522

194,644

47%

Ware

Ethylene

0

0

5,461

5,461

1%

Chlorpropham

0

85,270

38,715

123,985

17%

Imazalil

0

56

684

740

<0.5%

Imazalil/thiabendazole (2)

0

488

572

1,060

<0.5%

Basic tonnes treated (3)

0

31,529

45,433

76,962

11%

(1) Ethylene is not approved as a pesticide for use in seed potato stores under PPP regulations. However it is approved as a commodity substance for plant growth regulation in post-harvest crops under COPR (7)

(2) This formulation is not approved on ware potatoes. It was applied to seed crops, a proportion of which were later reclassified as ware

(3) This represents the total tonnage treated, not the column sum, as more than one formulation may be applied to potatoes in store

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