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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.

Table 28 Vegetables (excluding legumes and leaf brassicas) herbicide and growth regulator active substances

Area treated (ha), percentage of crop treated and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops

Herbicides	Carrots		Turnips & swedes		Other vegetable crops		Total
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(kg)
Bentazone	0	0	0	0	43	6	43	11
Chloridazon	0	0	0	0	73	5	73	29
Clomazone	2,691	93	1,346	90	2	0	4,039	290
Clopyralid	0	0	512	31	0	0	512	85
Cycloxydim	0	0	132	9	0	0	132	33
Dimethenamid-P	0	0	0	0	125	17	125	38
Diquat	110	4	0	0	293	40	403	78
Ethofumesate	0	0	0	0	21	3	21	21
Fluroxypyr	0	0	0	0	13	1	13	1
Glyphosate	0	0	66	4	0	0	66	35
Ioxynil	0	0	0	0	146	7	146	8
Lenacil	0	0	0	0	21	3	21	12
Linuron	7,542	93	0	0	1,229	61	8,771	2,404
Metamitron	0	0	0	0	330	45	330	692
Metazachlor	0	0	1,352	90	0	0	1,352	995
Metribuzin	2,623	57	0	0	0	0	2,623	423
Pendimethalin	3,268	93	0	0	575	75	3,843	5,157
Propaquizafop	733	25	373	25	28	4	1,134	169
Propyzamide	0	0	0	0	81	11	81	61
Prosulfocarb	2,029	40	0	0	482	48	2,511	4,367
S-metolachlor	0	0	378	25	0	0	378	508
Tepraloxydim	2,116	70	0	0	136	19	2,252	168
All herbicides	21,114	93	4,159	100	3,597	84	28,870	15,586
Growth regulators
Maleic hydrazide	0	0	0	0	104	14	104	500
All growth regulators	0	0	0	0	104	14	104	500
Area grown	2,908		1,503		730		5,142

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