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Pesticide usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2021

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on outdoor vegetable crops in Scotland during 2021.

Table 8 Leaf brassica herbicide formulations - 2021

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides	Brussels sprouts		Calabrese		Other brassica crops⁽¹⁾		Total 2021	Total 2021	2019⁽²⁾	2019⁽²⁾
	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Clethodim	89	8	0	0	0	0	89	16	0	0
Clomazone	1,172	100	0	0	447	34	1,620	116	1,007	73
Clopyralid	558	42	359	20	170	13	1,088	247	0	0
Cycloxydim	217	18	0	0	0	0	217	73	0	0
Dimethenamid-P/pendimethalin	0	0	32	2	212	16	244	451	459	694
Glyphosate	485	41	391	22	574	43	1,450	1,551	1,306	1,625
Metazachlor	1,172	100	1,033	58	683	52	2,888	2,134	2,084	1,557
Pendimethalin	1,172	100	350	20	447	34	1,970	2,224	1,168	1,306
All herbicides	4,866	100	2,165	60	2,534	62	9,565	6,811	6,033	5,263
Area grown (ha)	1,173		1,786		1,322		4,281		3,048

(1) Other brassica crops include cabbage (summer/autumn, winter, red & Chinese), cauliflower, purple sprouting broccoli and kale

(2) For full list of formulations recorded in 2019 please refer to the 2019 report⁽³⁾

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