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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 19 Total vegetable crop, comparison with previous years
Pesticide usage in 2017, 2019 and 2021, area treated with formulations and active substances (a.s.) and the weight (kg) applie
| 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | |
| ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | |
| Insecticides | 41,722 | 41,722 | 3,641 | 45,253 | 45,253 | 4,210 | 31,611 | 31,611 | 1,355 |
| Molluscicides | 10,512 | 10,512 | 1,654 | 8,674 | 8,674 | 1,326 | 10,304 | 10,304 | 1,584 |
| Biological agents(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63 | [z] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fungicides | 53,977 | 75,061 | 18,356 | 61,599 | 86,853 | 19,218 | 58,560 | 91,454 | 18,483 |
| Sulphur | 2,429 | 2,429 | 7,174 | 3,110 | 3,110 | 11,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbicides | 46,357 | 56,166 | 31,340 | 42,306 | 52,270 | 33,319 | 41,907 | 53,539 | 28,910 |
| Growth regulators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 284 | 682 | 109 | 109 | 262 |
| Physical control | 314 | 314 | 2,117 | 125 | 125 | 782 | 435 | 435 | 2,487 |
| Seed treatments(1) | 15,552 | 36,464 | 1,293 | 14,787 | 35,446 | 1,222 | 6,307 | 17,456 | 552 |
| All pesticides | 170,863 | 222,668 | 65,575 | 176,200 | 232,078 | 72,584 | 149,232 | 204,909 | 53,632 |
| Area grown (ha) | 19,359(2) | 18,634(3) | 22,066(4) | ||||||
(1) No weights can be calculated for biological control agents
(2) Includes 23 hectares of multi-cropping
(3) Includes 10 hectares of multi-cropping
(4) No multi-cropping was encountered in 2021
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