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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 25 Vegetables (excluding legumes and leaf brassicas) seed treatment active substances
Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and grown from transplants and quantity (kg) of active ingredients for all crops
| Seed treatments | Carrots | Turnips & swedes | Other vegetable crops | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (kg) | |
| Bacillus subtilis | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | N/K |
| Cymoxanil | 2,312 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 59 | 2,745 | 2 |
| Fludioxonil | 2,312 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 59 | 2,745 | 1 |
| Iprodione | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | <0.5 | 2 | <0.5 |
| Metalaxyl-M | 2,629 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 59 | 3,062 | 3 |
| Tefluthrin | 1,465 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1,474 | 72 |
| Thiamethoxam | 317 | 11 | 407 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 724 | 66 |
| Thiram | 317 | 11 | 979 | 65 | 60 | 8 | 1,356 | 4 |
| Unspecified seed treatment (2) | 0 | 0 | 229 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 229 | N/K |
| All seed treatments | 9,354 | 93 | 1,645 | 100 | 1,370 | 65 | 12,368 | 148 (1) |
| Crop grown from transplant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 19 | 141 | N/A |
| No seed treatment | 216 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 252 | N/A |
| Area grown | 2,908 | 1,503 | 730 | 5,142 | ||||
(1) The total weight of seed treatments excludes unspecified seed treatments as their weight is unknown.
(2) Refer to Appendix 3 for definition.
N/K = Not known.
N/A = Not applicable.
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