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Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2015
Published:
5 Oct 2016
Information from a survey of pesticide use on vegetable crops grown for human consumption in Scotland during 2015.
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119 page PDF
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Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2015
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Table 23 Leaf brassica herbicide active substances
Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Herbicides | Brussels sprouts | Cabbages | Calabrese | Other brassicas | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (kg) | |
| Clomazone | 417 | 54 | 272 | 91 | 344 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1,035 | 62 |
| Clopyralid | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 343 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 359 | 39 |
| Glyphosate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,060 | 90 | 437 | 84 | 2,497 | 2,446 |
| Metazachlor | 417 | 54 | 272 | 91 | 1,595 | 94 | 221 | 85 | 2,504 | 1,832 |
| Pendimethalin | 776 | 100 | 194 | 65 | 556 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1,526 | 1,791 |
| Tepraloxydim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| All herbicides | 1,626 | 100 | 738 | 91 | 4,914 | 100 | 660 | 85 | 7,938 | 6,170 |
| Area grown | 777 | 299 | 1,688 | 260 | 3,025 | |||||