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 3 Peas and beans insecticide formulations

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Insecticides Vining peas Broad beans Total 2013
  (ha) (%) (ha) (%) (ha) (ha)
Alpha-cypermethrin 0 0 761 52 761 1,463
Lambda-cyhalothrin 0 0 2,937 100 2,937 766
Pirimicarb 6,450 85 2,314 61 8,765 5,977
All insecticides 6,450 85 6,013 100 12,464 9,669
Area grown 7,029   1,475   8,504 7,719

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