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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 7 Leaf brassica insecticide and molluscicide formulations

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Insecticides	Brussels sprouts		Cabbages		Calabrese		Other brassicas		Total	2013
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(ha)
Deltamethrin	1,249	91	340	54	0	0	0	0	1,589	2,861
Indoxacarb	1,530	100	630	96	171	10	0	0	2,331	1,765
Lambda-cyhalothrin	1,832	100	619	70	2,412	99	655	84	5,518	5,147
Pirimicarb	946	42	256	65	438	26	437	84	2,077	1,713
Pymetrozine	692	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	692	1,575
Spirotetramat	898	91	368	79	0	0	0	0	1,265	1,266
Thiacloprid	660	42	47	16	162	10	218	84	1,087	1,489
All insecticides	7,807	100	2,259	96	3,183	99	1,311	84	14,560	15,992
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	1,846	91	90	30	0	0	0	0	1,936	4,158
Metaldehyde	2,376	100	340	84	6	<0.5	681	94	3,403	1,510
Methiocarb	403	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	403	199
All molluscicides	4,624	100	430	84	6	<0.5	681	94	5,742	5,868
Area grown	777		299		1,688		260		3,025	2,626

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