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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