Statistics Norway

Pesticide use in agriculture

2 Use of pesticides on area1 of different crops, by type of pesticide2. 2008
  Area sprayed. Decares Per cent of area sprayed with
  Herbicides Fungicides Insecticides Growth regulators Defoliants
Potato  136 818 96 94 44 - 74
Onion 7 050 98 87 11 - -
Cabbage 5 236 82 213 91 - -
Carrot 15 261 98 67 71 - -
Strawberry 13 845 82 93 91 - -
Apple 12 237 51 81 80 - -
Meadows for mowing and pastures  387 129 6 - - - -
Barley 1 161 463  100 51 9 8 -
Oats  681 388 89 22 22 11 -
Spring wheat  543 960 97 64 15 6 -
Winter wheat  351 557 97 80 8 42 -
Oil-seeds 30 851 37 7 43 - 6
1  Refers to area sprayed minimum one time.
2  Figures with considerable sampling errors.

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