Statistics Norway

Pesticide use in agriculture

2   Use of pesticide on area1 of different crops, by type of pesticides2. 2003
  Area sprayed. Decares Per cent of area sprayed with
  Herbicides Fungicides Insecticides Growth regulators Defoliants
Potato  138 853 89 92 24 - 68
Onion 6 558 99 85 (21) - -
Carrot 11 362 94 58 69 - -
Strawberry 16 192 85 89 87 - -
Apple 14 156 57 86 85 - -
Meadows for mowing and pastures  355 583 5 - - - -
Barley 1 481 043 90 50 14 18 -
Oats  751 373 90 (4) 9 17 -
Spring wheat  429 008 97 75 23 23 -
Winter wheat  311 910 97 87 13 61 -
Oil-seeds 56 825 37 12 62 - 4
1  Refers to area sprayed minimum one time.
2  Figures with considerable sampling errors are in parantheses.

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