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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 27 Vegetables (excluding legumes and leaf brassicas) fungicide and sulphur active substances

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

Fungicides	Carrots		Turnips & swedes		Other vegetable crops		Total
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(kg)
Azoxystrobin	3,661	69	1,768	98	506	54	5,935	1,248
Boscalid	2,947	81	433	29	325	36	3,705	1,001
Copper oxychloride	0	0	151	10	0	0	151	68
Cyprodinil	2,169	67	0	0	101	14	2,271	680
Difenoconazole	1,652	57	0	0	431	48	2,083	234
Dimethomorph	0	0	0	0	392	11	392	64
Fenhexamid	0	0	0	0	11	2	11	8
Fenpropimorph	3,140	72	0	0	0	0	3,140	1,984
Fludioxonil	2,169	67	0	0	101	14	2,271	454
Iprodione	635	13	0	0	0	0	635	212
Mancozeb	0	0	0	0	555	47	555	777
Mandipropamid	0	0	0	0	81	11	81	12
Metalaxyl-M	2,143	74	0	0	161	20	2,304	1,188
Prothioconazole	3,211	60	2,063	98	743	66	6,017	1,154
Pyraclostrobin	2,947	81	433	29	325	36	3,705	251
Tebuconazole	2,798	73	151	10	360	47	3,310	612
Thiophanate-methyl	635	13	0	0	0	0	635	212
Trifloxystrobin	789	23	0	0	360	47	1,149	88
All fungicides	28,898	81	4,999	98	4,454	83	38,351	10,248
Sulphur	0	0	0	0	211	29	211	842
Area grown	2,908		1,503		730		5,142

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