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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 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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