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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 21 Leaf brassica insecticide and molluscicide active substances

Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops

Insecticides	Brussels sprouts		Cabbages		Calabrese		Other brassicas		Total
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(kg)
Deltamethrin	1,249	91	340	54	0	0	0	0	1,589	12
Indoxacarb	1,530	100	630	96	171	10	0	0	2,331	60
Lambda-cyhalothrin	1,832	100	619	70	2,412	99	655	84	5,518	33
Pirimicarb	946	42	256	65	438	26	437	84	2,077	397
Pymetrozine	692	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	692	138
Spirotetramat	898	91	368	79	0	0	0	0	1,265	95
Thiacloprid	660	42	47	16	162	10	218	84	1,087	104
All insecticides	7,807	100	2,259	96	3,183	99	1,311	84	14,560	840
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	1,846	91	90	30	0	0	0	0	1,936	332
Metaldehyde	2,376	100	340	84	6	0	681	94	3,403	501
Methiocarb	403	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	403	60
All molluscicides	4,624	100	430	84	6	<0.5	681	94	5,742	893
Area grown	777		299		1,688		260		3,025

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