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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 10 Vegetables (excluding vining peas & leaf brassicas) insecticide, nematicide, molluscicide and physical control formulations - 2021
Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated
| Insecticides/nematicides | Carrots | Turnips & swedes | Other vegetable crops(1) | Total 2021 | Total 2021 | 2019(2) | 2019(2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | kg | ha | kg | |
| Acetamiprid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyantraniliprole | 759 | 22 | 191 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 950 | 70 | 137 | 10 |
| Cypermethrin | 198 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Deltamethrin | 1,667 | 29 | 2,558 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 4,225 | 14 | 2,932 | 9 |
| Flonicamid | 198 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Fluopyram | 468 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 117 | 0 | 0 |
| Lambda-cyhalothrin | 8,639 | 71 | 180 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8,819 | 100 | 10,255 | 124 |
| Pirimicarb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,293 | 78 | 2,293 | 321 | 0 | 0 |
| Spirotetramat | 239 | 7 | 504 | 22 | 68 | 2 | 811 | 49 | 59 | 59 |
| All insecticides/nematicides | 12,169 | 73 | 3,433 | 71 | 2,422 | 80 | 18,023 | 692 | 16,845 | 2,159 |
| Molluscicides | ||||||||||
| Ferric phosphate | 0 | 0 | 542 | 28 | 84 | 0 | 626 | 90 | 495 | 96 |
| Metaldehyde | 0 | 0 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 21 | 413 | 77 |
| All molluscicides | 0 | 0 | 644 | 33 | 84 | 3 | 728 | 112 | 907 | 173 |
| Physical control | ||||||||||
| Garlic | 435 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 435 | 2,487 | 125 | 782 |
| Area grown (ha) | 3,449 | 1,933 | 2,945 | 8,327 | 5,641 | |||||
(1) In 2021 other vegetable crops included broad beans, leeks, lettuce, celery, fennel, French beans, Jerusalem artichoke, pumpkin, runner beans, spring onions, beetroot, chard, parsnips, onions and rhubarb
(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2019 please refer to the 2019 report(3)
Please note broad beans have been included under other veg crops for the first time due to a limited number of crops being encountered during the survey
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