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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 18 Principal active substances by weight

Weight (kg) of the 20 most used active substances on all vegetable crops surveyed in 2021 and percentage change

	Active substance	Type⁽¹⁾	2021 (kg)	2019 (kg)	% change
1	Pendimethalin	H	15,788	16,162	-2
2	Boscalid	F	3,823	2,779	38
3	Metazachlor	H	2,880	2,204	31
4	Glyphosate	H	2,870	3,004	-4
5	Cyprodinil	F	2,789	1,838	52
6	Garlic	P	2,487	782	218
7	Azoxystrobin	F	2,470	3,374	-27
8	Fludioxonil	F/S	1,945	1,365	42
9	Bentazone	H	1,776	2,457	-28
10	Prothioconazole	F	1,615	1,695	-5
11	MCPB	H	1,244	2,836	-56
12	Aclonifen	H	1,230	1,247	-1
13	Metalaxyl-M	F/S	1,169	1,494	-22
14	Ferric phosphate	M	1,107	841	32
15	Pyraclostrobin	F	959	697	38
16	Copper oxychloride	F	886	1,032	-14
17	Tebuconazole	F	821	743	11
18	Mancozeb	F	791	503	57
19	Imazamox	H	654	553	18
20	Metribuzin	H	512	503	2

(1) Pesticide type = F: Fungicide, H: Herbicide, I: Insecticide, M: Molluscicide, P: Physical control, S: Seed treatment

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