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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 14 Vegetables (excluding legumes and leaf brassicas) herbicide and growth regulator formulations

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides	Carrots		Turnips & swedes		Other vegetable crops		Total	2013
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(ha)
Bentazone	0	0	0	0	43	6	43	28
Chloridazon	0	0	0	0	73	5	73	120
Clomazone	2,691	93	1,346	90	2	0	4,039	3,374
Clopyralid	0	0	512	31	0	0	512	245
Cycloxydim	0	0	132	9	0	0	132	30
Dimethenamid-P/pendimethalin	0	0	0	0	125	17	125	0
Diquat	110	4	0	0	293	40	403	98
Ethofumesate	0	0	0	0	21	3	21	0
Fluroxypyr	0	0	0	0	13	1	13	92
Glyphosate	0	0	66	4	0	0	66	337
Ioxynil	0	0	0	0	146	7	146	308
Lenacil	0	0	0	0	21	3	21	0
Linuron	7,542	93	0	0	1,229	61	8,771	6,137
Metamitron	0	0	0	0	330	45	330	439
Metazachlor	0	0	1,352	90	0	0	1,352	1,762
Metribuzin	2,623	57	0	0	0	0	2,623	2,625
Pendimethalin	3,268	93	0	0	450	62	3,718	2,779
Propaquizafop	733	25	373	25	28	4	1,134	1,441
Propyzamide	0	0	0	0	81	11	81	73
Prosulfocarb	2,029	40	0	0	482	48	2,511	1,202
S-metolachlor	0	0	378	25	0	0	378	1,419
Tepraloxydim	2,116	70	0	0	136	19	2,252	1,698
All herbicides	21,114	93	4,159	100	3,473	84	28,745	24,495
Growth regulators
Maleic hydrazide	0	0	0	0	104	14	104	0
All growth regulators	0	0	0	0	104	14	104	0
Area grown	2,908		1,503		730		5,142	5,623

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