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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.
Appendix 1 – Estimated application tables
| 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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