Pesticide usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2021

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on outdoor vegetable crops in Scotland during 2021.


Table 6 Leaf brassica insecticide and molluscicide formulations - 2021

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Insecticides Brussels sprouts Calabrese Other brassica crops(1) Total 2021 Total 2021 2019(2) 2019(2)
ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Acetamiprid 762 65 0 0 0 0 762 38 755 38
Cyantraniliprole 306 26 0 0 0 0 306 23 0 0
Deltamethrin 1,344 65 0 0 0 0 1,344 10 847 6
Flonicamid 1,486 70 0 0 0 0 1,486 104 0 0
Indoxacarb 1,524 65 350 20 0 0 1,874 48 4,719 120
Lambda-cyhalothrin 3,305 98 0 0 0 0 3,305 18 3,086 17
Spinosad 0 0 1,428 40 0 0 1,428 137 1,504 144
Spirotetramat 2,260 100 0 0 0 0 2,260 170 1,767 132
All insecticides 10,988 100 1,779 60 0 0 12,767 548 16,767 1,028
Molluscicides    
Ferric phosphate 5,097 100 382 21 992 50 6,472 1,017 5,051 745
Metaldehyde 3,104 65 0 0 0 0 3,104 455 2,716 407
All molluscicides 8,201 100 382 21 992 50 9,575 1,472 7,767 1,153
Area grown (ha) 1,173 1,786 1,322 4,281 3,048

(1) Other brassica crops include cabbage (summer/autumn, winter, red & Chinese), cauliflower, purple sprouting broccoli and kale

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2019 please refer to the 2019 report(3)

Contact

Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot

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