Pesticides in streams and subsurface drainage water within two arable catchments in Denmark: Pesticide application, concentration, transport and fate

Table 4.1.   Dominant crops, extent of crop area grown (hectares) and average use of pesticides per hectare crop (kg organic active substance per hectare) within the catchment area of Lillebæk for the working years 1998/99 and 1999/00. Tabel 4.1.   De 10 mest anvendte afgrøder i Lillebæk-oplandet med deres arealudbredelse (hektar) og gennemsnitlige pesticidforbrug pr. hektar afgrøde (kg organisk aktivt stof) i driftsårene 1998/99 og 1999/00. Area (ha) Pesticide use (kg active substance/ha) Crop 1998/1999 1999/2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 Winter wheat 99.2 112.5 0.469 0.808 Spring barley 92.5 67.5 0.497 0.296 Winter barley 25.3 51.6 0.733 0.965 Winter rape 50.5 32.8 0.151 0.101 Grass seeds 48.1 41.5 1.238 1.367 Fruit and berry 20.3 29.1 5.864 5.374 Christmas trees 14.1 14.0 0.913 1.715 Sugar beets 8.9 12.4 2.760 2.025 Maize 7.1 3.2 0.925 0.888 Oats 6.4 4.9 0.089 0.153 Total 372.4 369.5 0.918 1.163