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 2 Strawberry insecticide and acaricide formulations - 2018

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

Insecticides/acaricides Non-protected strawberry Protected strawberry All strawberry 2018 All strawberry 2016(1)
ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Abamectin 0 0 449 37 449 4 858 6
Bifenazate 0 0 310 20 310 36 0 0
Clofentezine 0 0 160 14 160 32 595 76
Cyantraniliprole 0 0 50 4 50 4 0 0
Deltamethrin 0 0 167 15 167 1 165 1
Etoxazole 0 0 233 14 233 8 162 5
Fatty acids 0 0 30 2 30 230 0 0
Indoxacarb 0 0 66 6 66 3 0 0
Lambda-cyhalothrin 11 38 754 57 765 8 886 8
Pirimicarb 0 0 5 <0.5 5 0 88 25
Pymetrozine 0 0 49 4 49 10 284 57
Pyrethrins 0 0 251 21 251 15 60 3
Spinosad 0 0 250 19 250 18 51 4
Spirodiclofen 0 0 18 2 18 2 37 1
Spirotetramat 0 0 149 13 149 15 0 0
Tebufenpyrad 0 0 41 3 41 6 72 9
Thiacloprid 0 0 823 64 823 99 433 52
All insecticides/acaricides 11 38 3,803 99 3,814 490 3,858 322
Area grown 30 1,145 1,175 995

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

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