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 12 Vegetables (excluding vining peas and leaf brassicas) herbicide and growth regulator formulations - 2021

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

Herbicides Carrots Turnips & swedes Other vegetable crops(1) Total 2021 Total 2021 2019(2) 2019(2)
ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Aclonifen 1,715 47 0 0 219 4 1,934 1,230 1,357 1,247
Bentazone 0 0 0 0 109 4 109 28 0 0
Bromoxynil 0 0 0 0 218 4 218 6 0 0
Clethodim 1,124 33 0 0 162 6 1,287 212 1,225 204
Clomazone 2,139 62 1,136 59 0 0 3,274 181 4,215 253
Clopyralid 0 0 0 0 34 1 34 5 314 54
Cycloxydim 0 0 0 0 30 1 30 7 0 0
Diflufenican 534 15 0 0 0 0 534 29 1,422 78
Dimethenamid-P/pendimethalin 0 0 0 0 203 7 203 249 69 74
Fluroxypyr 0 0 0 0 109 4 109 7 0 0
Glyphosate 971 26 0 0 64 2 1,035 1,112 585 494
Imazamox/pendimethalin 0 0 0 0 2,293 78 2,293 2,141 0 0
Isoxaben 0 0 0 0 30 1 30 4 0 0
Metazachlor 0 0 1,491 77 0 0 1,491 746 1,179 590
Metribuzin 3,767 68 0 0 0 0 3,767 512 3,619 503
Pendimethalin 2,385 68 0 0 114 4 2,498 3,398 4,116 6,167
Propaquizafop 442 13 0 0 0 0 442 60 337 39
Propyzamide 0 0 0 0 84 3 84 118 108 151
Prosulfocarb 125 4 0 0 139 5 264 409 1,332 1,715
S-metolachlor 0 0 110 3 72 1 183 107 385 444
All herbicides 13,203 73 2,737 77 3,879 88 19,819 10,561 21,309 13,050
Growth regulators                    
Maleic hydrazide 0 0 0 0 109 4 109 262 284 682
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)

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