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 11 Vegetables (excluding vining peas and leaf brassicas) fungicide formulations - 2021

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

Fungicides Carrots Turnips & swedes Other vegetable crops(1) Total 2021 Total 2021 2019(2) 2019(2)
ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Azoxystrobin 2,360 42 1,136 59 2,639 85 6,135 1,278 6,292 1,096
Azoxystrobin/difenoconazole 1,610 31 0 0 98 3 1,708 468 3,219 898
Benthiavalicarb/oxathiapiprolin 0 0 0 0 218 4 218 11 0 0
Benthiavalicarb isopropyl/mancozeb 0 0 0 0 109 4 109 125 0 0
Boscalid/pyraclostrobin 3,235 70 1,088 33 2,550 84 6,874 2,107 3,928 1,298
Cyprodinil/fludioxonil 3,518 70 0 0 4,615 79 8,133 4,657 2,412 1,205
Dimethomorph/mancozeb 0 0 0 0 109 4 109 199 84 125
Fluopicolide/propamocarb hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 97 3 97 101 12 14
Fluoxastrobin/prothioconazole 0 0 0 0 327 4 327 82 0 0
Isopyrazam 2,535 51 0 0 0 0 2,535 317 4,791 598
Mancozeb 0 0 0 0 327 4 327 490 256 353
Mandipropamid 0 0 0 0 86 2 86 13 68 10
Metalaxyl-M 1,536 45 0 0 0 0 1,536 898 1,673 940
Oxathiapiprolin 0 0 0 0 126 4 126 2 0 0
Prothioconazole 3,879 70 1,141 33 288 3 5,308 1,017 6,503 1,241
Tebuconazole 535 16 0 0 0 0 535 119 355 71
Tebuconazole/trifloxystrobin 2,152 37 0 0 98 3 2,250 511 1,012 206
All fungicides 21,361 71 3,364 77 11,688 88 36,413 12,395 33,587 9,817
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, French dwarf 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)

Note: No sulphur was encountered on vegetables in 2021

Contact

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