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 8 Leaf brassica herbicide formulations - 2021

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

Herbicides Brussels sprouts Calabrese Other brassica crops(1) Total 2021 Total 2021 2019(2) 2019(2)
ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Clethodim 89 8 0 0 0 0 89 16 0 0
Clomazone 1,172 100 0 0 447 34 1,620 116 1,007 73
Clopyralid 558 42 359 20 170 13 1,088 247 0 0
Cycloxydim 217 18 0 0 0 0 217 73 0 0
Dimethenamid-P/pendimethalin 0 0 32 2 212 16 244 451 459 694
Glyphosate 485 41 391 22 574 43 1,450 1,551 1,306 1,625
Metazachlor 1,172 100 1,033 58 683 52 2,888 2,134 2,084 1,557
Pendimethalin 1,172 100 350 20 447 34 1,970 2,224 1,168 1,306
All herbicides 4,866 100 2,165 60 2,534 62 9,565 6,811 6,033 5,263
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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