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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 7 Leaf brassica fungicide formulations - 2021

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

Fungicides	Brussels sprouts		Calabrese		Other brassica crops⁽¹⁾		Total 2021	Total 2021	2019⁽²⁾	2019⁽²⁾
	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Azoxystrobin	1,140	82	1,065	60	784	59	2,988	730	2,677	669
Azoxystrobin/difenoconazole	871	72	0	0	0	0	871	283	1,868	607
Boscalid/pyraclostrobin	2,559	100	0	0	71	5	2,630	879	1,662	555
Copper oxychloride	0	0	1,562	42	85	6	1,647	886	2,751	1,032
Difenoconazole	776	66	0	0	0	0	776	75	831	62
Difenoconazole/fluxapyroxad	425	36	0	0	0	0	425	53	0	0
Fluopicolide/propamocarb hydrochloride	0	0	0	0	155	12	155	171	5	5
Mandipropamid	0	0	683	38	79	6	761	114	249	37
Prothioconazole	2,905	100	0	0	0	0	2,905	558	2,367	454
Tebuconazole/trifloxystrobin	2,013	98	0	0	0	0	2,013	544	1,507	407
All fungicides	10,688	100	3,309	60	1,174	62	15,171	4,292	13,920	3,832
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⁾

Note: No sulphur was encountered on leaf brassicas in 2021

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