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.


Appendix 1 – Estimated application tables

Table 1 Percentage of each crop treated with pesticides and mean number of applications - 2021
Crop Fungicides Herbicides Insecticides/ nematicides Molluscicides Physical control Growth regulator Any pesticide exc. STs Seed treatments Any pesticide inc. STs
% spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % spray apps % %
Vining peas 74 1.0 94 1.3 9 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 94 2.1 23 97
Brussels sprouts 100 6.8 100 3.1 100 5.6 100 6.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 100 17.4 0 100
Calabrese 60 3.1 60 1.7 60 1.7 21 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 100 3.9 0 100
Other brassica crops 62 1.4 62 2.0 0 0.0 50 1.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 62 4.7 0 62
Carrots 71 7.1 73 3.3 73 4.8 0 0.0 13 1.0 0 0.0 73 10.9 45 73
Turnips & swedes 77 1.7 77 1.0 71 2.4 33 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 77 4.4 0 77
Other vegetable crops 88 4.3 88 1.2 80 1.0 3 1.0 0 0.0 4 1.0 88 6.4 78 88
All vegetable crops 75 3.0 84 1.7 42 2.9 13 3.5 2 1.0 <0.5 1.0 87 5.2 28 89

Note: STs = seed treatments

The average number of spray applications is calculated only on the areas receiving each pesticide group and therefore the minimum number of applications is always one (see Appendix 3 – definitions and notes for details)

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