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Pesticide usage - arable crops and potato stores 2018: survey results
Information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2018.
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Table 20: Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops - 2018
Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Mode of Action | Active Substance | Group Name | Chemical Group | FRAC Group | Total Arable 2018 | Total Arable 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | kg | |||||
| Nucleic Acid Synthesis | Metalaxyl-M | Phenylamide | Acylalanine | 4 | 178 | 13 |
| Cytoskeleton and motor proteins | Thiophanate-methyl | Methyl benzimidazole carbamate | Thiophanate | 1 | 909 | 281 |
| Zoxamide | Benzamide | Toluamides | 22 | 8,899 | 1,505 | |
| Fluopicolide | Benzamide | Pyridinylmethyl-benzamide | 43 | 13,981 | 1,327 | |
| All cytoskeleton and motor proteins | 23,789 | 3,112 | ||||
| Respiration | Benzovindiflupyr | SDHI | Pyrazole-4-carboxamides | 7 | 24,829 | 1,271 |
| Bixafen | SDHI | Pyrazole-4-carboxamides | 7 | 85,195 | 3,810 | |
| Boscalid | SDHI | Pyridine-carboxamides | 7 | 59,262 | 11,572 | |
| Fluopyram | SDHI | Pyridinyl-ethyl-benzamides | 7 | 10,389 | 992 | |
| Fluxapyroxad | SDHI | Pyrazole-4-carboxamides | 7 | 169,253 | 8,225 | |
| Isopyrazam | SDHI | Pyrazole-4-carboxamides | 7 | 14,784 | 756 | |
| Penthiopyrad | SDHI | Pyrazole-4-carboxamides | 7 | 25,601 | 2,614 | |
| Azoxystrobin | Qo inhibitors | Strobilurin | 11 | 33,454 | 5,087 | |
| Dimoxystrobin | Qo inhibitors | Strobilurin | 11 | 1,446 | 143 | |
| Fluoxastrobin | Qo inhibitors | Strobilurin | 11 | 80,500 | 3,029 |
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Table 20: Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2018 continued
Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Mode of Action | Active Substance | Group Name | Chemical Group | FRAC Group | Total Arable 2018 | Total Arable 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | kg | |||||
| Kresoxim-methyl | Qo inhibitors | Strobilurin | 11 | 20,637 | 1,380 | |
| Picoxystrobin | Qo inhibitors | Strobilurin | 11 | 6,749 | 457 | |
| Pyraclostrobin | Qo inhibitors | Strobilurin | 11 | 69,674 | 5,201 | |
| Trifloxystrobin | Qo inhibitors | Strobilurin | 11 | 148,824 | 6,330 | |
| Fenamidone | Qo inhibitor | Imidazolinones | 11 | 2,224 | 332 | |
| Cyazofamid | Qi inhibitor | Cyano-imidazole | 21 | 54,530 | 4,382 | |
| Amisulbrom | Qi inhibitor | Sulfamoyl-triazole | 21 | 25,318 | 2,210 | |
| Fluazinam | Phenylpyridinamine | 2,6-dinitro-anilines | 29 | 18,726 | 4,518 | |
| Ametoctradin | Qo inhibitor, stigmatellin binding type | Triazolo-pyrimidine | 45 | 20,594 | 4,943 | |
| All respiration | 871,990 | 67,252 | ||||
| Amino acids and protein synthesis | Cyprodinil | Anilino - pyrimidine | Anilino - pyrimidine | 9 | 35,298 | 6,017 |
| Signal transduction | Proquinazid | Aza-Naphthalenes | Quinazolinone | 13 | 45,388 | 1,124 |
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Table 20: Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2018 continued
Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Mode of Action | Active Substance | Group Name | Chemical Group | FRAC Group | Total Arable 2018 | Total Arable 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | kg | |||||
| Lipid synthesis and membrane integrity | Propamocarb Hydrochloride | Carbamate | Carbamate | 28 | 20,951 | 18,725 |
| Oxathiapiprolin | OSBPI | Piperidinyl-thiazole-isoxazolines | 49 | 10,100 | 149 | |
| All Lipid synthesis and membrane integrity | 31,051 | 18,874 | ||||
| Sterol biosynthesis in membranes | Cyproconazole | Demethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 25,062 | 1,178 |
| Difenoconazole | Demethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 1,663 | 187 | |
| Epoxiconazole | Demethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 275,836 | 17,368 | |
| Metconazole | Demethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 20,964 | 661 | |
| Prochloraz | Demethylation inhibitor | Imidazoles | 3 | 39,485 | 7,745 |
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Table 20: Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2018 continued
Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Mode of Action | Active Substance | Group Name | Chemical Group | FRAC Group | Total Arable 2018 | Total Arable 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | kg | |||||
| Propiconazole | Demethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 2,212 | 135 | |
| Prothioconazole | Demethylation inhibitor | Triazolinthiones | 3 | 522,760 | 44,558 | |
| Tebuconazole | Demethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 256,588 | 21,847 | |
| Fenpropimorph | Morpholines | Morpholines | 5 | 128,319 | 22,949 | |
| Fenpropidin | Morpholines | Piperidines | 5 | 1,492 | 224 | |
| Spiroxamine | Morpholines | Spiroketal-amines | 5 | 72,516 | 13,066 | |
| All sterol biosynthesis in membranes | 1,346,899 | 129,916 | ||||
| Cell wall biosynthesis | Dimethomorph | Carboxylic acid amide | Morpholines | 40 | 43,317 | 7,570 |
| Mandipropamid | Carboxylic acid amide | Mandelic acid amides | 40 | 32,737 | 4,738 | |
| Benthiavalicarb isopropyl | Carboxylic acid amide | Valinamide carbamate | 40 | 9,311 | 259 | |
| All cell wall biosynthesis | 85,365 | 12,567 |
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Table 20: Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops – 2018 continued
Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Mode of Action | Active Substance | Group Name | Chemical Group | FRAC Group | Total Arable 2018 | Total Arable 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | kg | |||||
| Unknown mode of action | Cyflufenamid | Phenyl-acetamide | Phenyl-acetamide | U 06 | 49,159 | 431 |
| Cymoxanil | Cyanoacetamide oxime | Cyanoacetamide oxime | 27 | 89,719 | 7,953 | |
| Metrafenone | Aryl-phenyl-ketone | Benzophenone | U 08 | 27,232 | 1,815 | |
| All unknown mode of action | 166,110 | 10,199 | ||||
| Chemicals with multi-site activity | Mancozeb | Dithio-carbamate | Dithio-carbamate | M 03 | 94,296 | 112,566 |
| Folpet | Phthalimide | Phthalimide | M 04 | 21,818 | 9,829 | |
| Chlorothalonil | Chloronitrile | Chloronitrile | M 05 | 551,197 | 265,259 | |
| All chemicals with multi-site activity | 667,311 | 387,654 | ||||
| All fungicides | 3,273,378 | 636,729 | ||||
| Sulphur | 1,562 | 2,662 | ||||
| Area grown | 488,318 |
Note: Active substances have been grouped by their mode of action. Full details on mode of action classification can be found on the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) webpage(10)
Contact
Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot