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

Contact

Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot

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