Statistics Norway

Pesticide use in agriculture

2   Use of pesticide on area1 of different crops, by type of pesticides2. 2005
  Area sprayed. Decares Per cent of area sprayed with
  Herbicides Fungicides Insecticides Growth regulators Defoliants
Potato  132 540 91 93 35 - 59
Onion 6 602 98 85 26 - -
Cabbage 4 790 75 4 89 - -
Carrot 12 181 97 59 72 - -
Strawberry 16 022 80 91 85 - -
Apple 12 556 41 84 11 - -
Meadows for mowing and pastures  368 221 5 - - - -
Barley 1 516 555 92 52 9 22 -
Oats  655 312 89 : 3 8 -
Spring wheat  517 079 97 76 27 26 -
Winter wheat  265 687 96 88 18 57 -
Oil-seeds 53 909 51 7 65 - 5
1  Refers to area sprayed minimum one time.
2  Figures with considerable sampling errors are in parantheses.

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