Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2015
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Table 21 Leaf brassica insecticide and molluscicide active substances
Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Insecticides | Brussels sprouts | Cabbages | Calabrese | Other brassicas | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (kg) | |
| Deltamethrin | 1,249 | 91 | 340 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,589 | 12 |
| Indoxacarb | 1,530 | 100 | 630 | 96 | 171 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2,331 | 60 |
| Lambda-cyhalothrin | 1,832 | 100 | 619 | 70 | 2,412 | 99 | 655 | 84 | 5,518 | 33 |
| Pirimicarb | 946 | 42 | 256 | 65 | 438 | 26 | 437 | 84 | 2,077 | 397 |
| Pymetrozine | 692 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 692 | 138 |
| Spirotetramat | 898 | 91 | 368 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,265 | 95 |
| Thiacloprid | 660 | 42 | 47 | 16 | 162 | 10 | 218 | 84 | 1,087 | 104 |
| All insecticides | 7,807 | 100 | 2,259 | 96 | 3,183 | 99 | 1,311 | 84 | 14,560 | 840 |
| Molluscicides | ||||||||||
| Ferric phosphate | 1,846 | 91 | 90 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,936 | 332 |
| Metaldehyde | 2,376 | 100 | 340 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 681 | 94 | 3,403 | 501 |
| Methiocarb | 403 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 403 | 60 |
| All molluscicides | 4,624 | 100 | 430 | 84 | 6 | <0.5 | 681 | 94 | 5,742 | 893 |
| Area grown | 777 | 299 | 1,688 | 260 | 3,025 | |||||