Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2015

Information from a survey of pesticide use on vegetable crops grown for human consumption in Scotland during 2015.


Table 6 Leaf brassica seed treatment formulations

Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and percentage of crop grown from transplants

Seed treatments Brussels sprouts Cabbages Calabrese Other brassicas Total 2013
  (ha) (%) (ha) (%) (ha) (%) (ha) (%) (ha) (ha)
Iprodione 0 0 76 25 1 <0.5 1 1 79 1
Metalaxyl-M 0 0 76 25 1 <0.5 1 1 79 1
Thiram 0 0 76 25 1 <0.5 1 1 79 1
All seed treatments 0 0 229 25 4 <0.5 4 1 236 116
No seed treatment 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 13 0
Crop grown from transplant 777 100 223 75 1,687 100 246 94 2,934 2,512
Area grown 777   299   1,688   260   3,025 2,626

Note: other brassicas include broccoli, cauliflower and kale.

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