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Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2015
Information from a survey of pesticide use on vegetable crops grown for human consumption in Scotland during 2015.
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Table 6 Leaf brassica seed treatment formulations
Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and percentage of crop grown from transplants
| Seed treatments | Brussels sprouts | Cabbages | Calabrese | Other brassicas | Total | 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (ha) | |
| Iprodione | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25 | 1 | <0.5 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 1 |
| Metalaxyl-M | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25 | 1 | <0.5 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 1 |
| Thiram | 0 | 0 | 76 | 25 | 1 | <0.5 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 1 |
| All seed treatments | 0 | 0 | 229 | 25 | 4 | <0.5 | 4 | 1 | 236 | 116 |
| No seed treatment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Crop grown from transplant | 777 | 100 | 223 | 75 | 1,687 | 100 | 246 | 94 | 2,934 | 2,512 |
| Area grown | 777 | 299 | 1,688 | 260 | 3,025 | 2,626 | ||||
Note: other brassicas include broccoli, cauliflower and kale.