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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 13 Vegetables (excluding legumes and leaf brassicas) fungicide and sulphur formulations

Area (ha) and percentage of crop treated

Fungicides	Carrots		Turnips & swedes		Other vegetable crops		Total	2013
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(ha)
Azoxystrobin	2,008	32	1,768	98	75	10	3,851	3,075
Azoxystrobin/difenoconazole	1,652	57	0	0	431	48	2,083	838
Boscalid/pyraclostrobin	2,947	81	433	29	325	36	3,705	2,325
Copper oxychloride	0	0	151	10	0	0	151	298
Cyprodinil/fludioxonil	2,169	67	0	0	101	14	2,271	1,189
Dimethomorph	0	0	0	0	159	11	159	0
Dimethomorph/mancozeb	0	0	0	0	233	11	233	0
Fenhexamid	0	0	0	0	11	2	11	0
Fenpropimorph	3,140	72	0	0	0	0	3,140	2,077
Iprodione/thiophanate-methyl	635	13	0	0	0	0	635	0
Mancozeb	0	0	0	0	263	36	263	269
Mancozeb/metalaxyl-M	0	0	0	0	60	6	60	38
Mandipropamid	0	0	0	0	81	11	81	24
Metalaxyl-M	2,143	74	0	0	101	14	2,245	1,609
Prothioconazole	3,211	60	2,063	98	743	66	6,017	5,869
Tebuconazole	2,010	50	151	10	0	0	2,161	578
Tebuconazole/trifloxystrobin	789	23	0	0	360	47	1,149	1,806
All fungicides	20,706	81	4,566	98	2,943	83	28,215	21,012

Sulphur	Carrots		Turnips & swedes		Other vegetable crops		Total	2013
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(ha)
Sulphur	0	0	0	0	211	29	211	340
Area grown	2,908		1,503		730		5,142	5,623

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