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 5 Cereals herbicide and growth regulator formulations - 2016

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals

(1)

2014 (2)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(ha)

2,4-D

0

0

520

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

520

0

2,4-D/ MCPA

0

0

2,975

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,975

14

2,4- DB

0

0

5,535

2

0

0

207

3

0

0

0

0

5,742

6,542

2,4- DB/ MCPA

0

0

473

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

473

0

Amidosulfuron

0

0

0

0

83

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

413

274

Amidosulfuron/iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium

759

2

491

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,250

1,406

Bromoxynil

0

0

225

<0.5

156

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

381

0

Bromoxynil/ioxynil

0

0

1,153

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,153

22,798

Carfentrazone-ethyl

0

0

0

0

143

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

143

0

Carfentrazone-ethyl/ flupyrsulfuron-methyl

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

324

4

0

0

324

1,153

Carfentrazone-ethyl /mecoprop-P

0

0

0

0

143

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

143

75

Chlorotoluron/diflufenican

0

0

0

0

238

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

238

43,216

Chlorotoluron/diflufenican /pendimethalin

5,893

12

518

<0.5

1,387

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

7,798

0

Clodinafop-propargyl

0

0

0

0

9,529

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

9,695

5,087

Herbicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals

(1)

2014 (2)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(ha)

Clopyralid

522

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

522

0

Clopyralid/florasulam

0

0

634

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

582

3

1,215

0

Clopyralid/florasulam/fluroxypyr

2,229

5

22,084

9

3,016

3

0

0

64

1

2,449

11

29,842

31,871

Dicamba/ MCPA/mecoprop-P

0

0

783

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

984

4

1,766

11,313

Dicamba/mecoprop-P

7

<0.5

59,033

25

2,706

3

278

4

608

8

4,485

19

67,117

59,775

Dichlorprop-P/ MCPA/ mecoprop-P

385

1

4,867

2

1,061

1

128

2

0

0

608

3

7,049

17,077

Diflufenican

13,141

27

20,168

8

24,127

23

165

2

184

2

2,700

12

60,583

27,992

Diflufenican/florasulam

0

0

1,204

1

123

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,326

0

Diflufenican/flufenacet

14,239

30

15,806

7

22,663

22

1,382

20

3,574

44

680

3

61,054

61,458

Diflufenican/flufenacet/ flurtamone

4,918

10

0

0

10,971

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

15,889

743

Diflufenican/flupyrsulfuron-methyl

312

1

0

0

3,671

4

0

0

1,227

15

0

0

5,211

8,075

Diflufenican/flurtamone

3,002

6

0

0

666

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

3,668

4,913

Diflufenican/iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium/mesosulfuron-methyl

0

0

0

0

11,253

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

11,253

7,794

Diflufenican/pendimethalin

1,860

4

0

0

2,790

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

4,649

11,898

Herbicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals

(1)

2014 (2)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(ha)

Diquat

75

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

75

650

Fenoxaprop-P-Ethyl

0

0

3,674

2

1,868

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

5,542

1,437

Florasulam

1,022

2

1,485

1

2,314

2

60

1

0

0

0

0

4,880

0

Florasulam/fluroxypyr

5,341

11

8,791

4

13,555

13

0

0

762

9

1,223

5

29,769

24,089

Florasulam/pyroxsulam

0

0

0

0

2,943

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,943

7,064

Flufenacet

1,155

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,155

0

Flufenacet/pendimethalin

2,133

4

2,477

1

2,325

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

6,935

10,272

Flufenacet/picolinafen

143

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

143

0

Flupyrsulfuron-methyl

1,033

2

0

0

20,324

20

0

0

184

2

0

0

21,541

11,918

Flupyrsulfuron-methyl/pyroxsulam

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

165

0

Flupyrsulfuron-methyl/thifensulfuron-methyl

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

994

12

0

0

994

2,471

Fluroxypyr

4,698

10

51,916

22

17,860

17

3,231

47

3,688

46

1,520

7

83,242

69,179

Fluroxypyr/halauxifen-methyl

0

0

259

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

259

0

Glyphosate

32,374

65

86,236

35

40,350

37

873

10

3,797

47

6,540

27

171,119

132,474

Herbicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals

(1)

2014 (2)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(ha)

Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium

0

0

0

0

156

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

156

3,021

Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium/ mesosulfuron-methyl

0

0

0

0

3,650

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

3,650

4,051

MCPA

0

0

4,022

2

156

<0.5

0

0

0

0

320

1

4,498

19,819

Mecoprop-P

4,303

9

78,962

33

23,872

23

820

9

2,371

29

6,811

29

117,839

128,412

Metsulfuron-methyl

2,425

5

7,321

3

2,439

2

0

0

759

9

1,585

7

14,528

29,513

Metsulfuron-methyl/ thifensulfuron-methyl

1,453

3

92,288

39

6,728

7

2,278

33

0

0

0

0

102,747

105,959

Metsulfuron-methyl/ tribenuron-methyl

3,374

7

35,197

15

6,735

7

15

<0.5

2,420

30

6,804

29

55,577

48,785

Pendimethalin

12,233

25

6,134

3

16,892

16

1,516

22

137

2

680

3

39,493

33,728

Pendimethalin/picolinafen

15,695

33

17,367

7

40,048

38

165

2

0

0

929

4

74,303

38,457

Picolinafen

0

0

0

0

156

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

156

769

Pinoxaden

6,709

14

35,015

15

3,141

3

148

2

0

0

0

0

45,012

82,337

Prosulfocarb

347

1

0

0

1,900

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,248

5,645

Sulfosulfuron

0

0

0

0

132

<0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

132

0

Thifensulfuron-methyl

830

2

592

<0.5

1,185

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,607

5,735

Herbicides

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals

(1)

2014 (2)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(ha)

Thifensulfuron-methyl/tribenuron-methyl

1,645

3

39,480

17

3,656

4

425

6

109

1

4,283

19

49,597

61,922

Tribenuron-methyl

1,867

4

12,682

5

3,218

3

0

0

260

3

136

1

18,164

27,011

Unspecified herbicide (3)

0

0

1,392

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,392

334

All herbicides

146,121

95

621,755

96

310,331

98

11,690

91

21,461

92

43,317

83

1,163,254

1,187,398

Growth regulators

2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid

13,005

27

10,732

4

16,187

15

83

1

0

0

0

0

40,743

61,510

2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid/chlormequat

5,011

10

3,277

1

9,399

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

17,687

20,613

2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid/chlormequat chloride

1,959

4

336

<0.5

2,596

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

4,891

0

2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid/mepiquat

4,633

6

32

<0.5

952

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

5,617

13,438

2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid/mepiquat chloride

0

0

0

0

3,619

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

3,619

0

Chlormequat

38,321

67

13,423

6

117,740

82

1,388

18

7,376

86

11,990

49

195,441

188,096

Chlormequat chloride

0

0

125

<0.5

2,817

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,941

0

Growth regulators

Winter barley

Spring barley

Winter wheat

Spring wheat

Winter

oats

Spring

oats

All cereals

(1)

2014 (2)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(ha)

Chlormequat/imazaquin

0

0

0

0

17,959

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

17,959

16,240

Mepiquat chloride /prohexadione-calcium

13,219

24

8,913

4

14,419

13

0

0

1,412

17

3,821

17

41,784

53,851

Prohexadione-calcium/ trinexapac-ethyl

0

0

790

<0.5

995

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,785

0

Trinexapac-ethyl

34,078

54

13,203

6

93,732

70

856

12

6,254

59

4,644

20

156,509

168,120

All growth regulators

110,227

92

50,830

18

280,413

98

2,326

18

15,041

92

20,455

68

488,976

525,448

Area grown

48,030

238,901

102,753

6,843

8,091

23,119

432,077

461,474

(1) Includes winter rye and triticale

(2) Includes triticale

(3) Refer to Appendix 3 for definition

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