Pesticide usage - soft fruit crops 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2018.


Table 12 Blackcurrant herbicide and desiccant formulations - 2018

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides/desiccants All blackcurrant 2018 All blackcurrant 2016(1)
ha % kg ha kg
Carfentrazone-ethyl 2 1 <0.5 0 0
Diquat 174 62 30 268 46
Flufenacet/metribuzin 171 61 76 191 81
Glyphosate 85 30 30 107 93
Isoxaben 4 1 <0.5 143 16
Napropamide 3 1 4 1 1
Pendimethalin 174 62 99 256 137
Propyzamide 85 30 86 1 1
All herbicides/desiccants 698 63 326 968 375
Area grown 282 304

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

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