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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.
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Table 19 Total vegetable crop, comparison with previous years
Pesticide usage in 2017, 2019 and 2021, area treated with formulations and active substances (a.s.) and the weight (kg) applie
| 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | |
| ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | |
| Insecticides | 41,722 | 41,722 | 3,641 | 45,253 | 45,253 | 4,210 | 31,611 | 31,611 | 1,355 |
| Molluscicides | 10,512 | 10,512 | 1,654 | 8,674 | 8,674 | 1,326 | 10,304 | 10,304 | 1,584 |
| Biological agents(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63 | [z] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fungicides | 53,977 | 75,061 | 18,356 | 61,599 | 86,853 | 19,218 | 58,560 | 91,454 | 18,483 |
| Sulphur | 2,429 | 2,429 | 7,174 | 3,110 | 3,110 | 11,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbicides | 46,357 | 56,166 | 31,340 | 42,306 | 52,270 | 33,319 | 41,907 | 53,539 | 28,910 |
| Growth regulators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 284 | 682 | 109 | 109 | 262 |
| Physical control | 314 | 314 | 2,117 | 125 | 125 | 782 | 435 | 435 | 2,487 |
| Seed treatments(1) | 15,552 | 36,464 | 1,293 | 14,787 | 35,446 | 1,222 | 6,307 | 17,456 | 552 |
| All pesticides | 170,863 | 222,668 | 65,575 | 176,200 | 232,078 | 72,584 | 149,232 | 204,909 | 53,632 |
| Area grown (ha) | 19,359(2) | 18,634(3) | 22,066(4) | ||||||
(1) No weights can be calculated for biological control agents
(2) Includes 23 hectares of multi-cropping
(3) Includes 10 hectares of multi-cropping
(4) No multi-cropping was encountered in 2021
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