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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 26 Vegetables (excluding legumes and leaf brassicas) insecticide and molluscicide active substances
Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Insecticides | Carrots | Turnips & swedes | Other vegetable crops | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (%) | (ha) | (kg) | |
| Acetamiprid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 10 | 77 | 2 |
| Cypermethrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 19 | <0.5 |
| Deltamethrin | 1,808 | 29 | 1,059 | 53 | 631 | 43 | 3,498 | 24 |
| Lambda-cyhalothrin | 8,207 | 81 | 986 | 44 | 974 | 65 | 10,166 | 115 |
| Oxamyl | 802 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 27 | 1,001 | 1,764 |
| Pirimicarb | 1,516 | 41 | 632 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2,148 | 344 |
| Pymetrozine | 0 | 0 | 295 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 44 |
| Thiacloprid | 108 | 4 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 23 |
| All insecticides | 12,441 | 92 | 3,104 | 88 | 1,900 | 82 | 17,445 | 2,317 |
| Molluscicides | ||||||||
| Metaldehyde | 0 | 0 | 728 | 44 | 119 | 16 | 847 | 188 |
| All molluscicides | 0 | 0 | 728 | 44 | 119 | 16 | 847 | 188 |
| Area grown | 2,908 | 1,503 | 730 | 5,142 | ||||