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Pesticide usage - soft fruit crops 2018: survey results
Information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2018.
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Table 19 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances - 2018
Area (ha) and weight (kg) of active substances for all crops
| Mode of Action | Active Substance | Group Name | Chemical Group | FRAC Group | Total Soft Fruit | Total Soft Fruit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ha | kg | |||||
| Nucleic acid synthesis | Metalaxyl-M | Phenylamide | Acylalanine | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Bupirimate | Hydroxy-(2-amino-) pyrimidines | Hydroxy-(2-amino-) pyrimidines | 8 | 1,245 | 423 | |
| All nucleic acid synthesis | 1,250 | 425 | ||||
| Respiration | Boscalid | SDHI | Pyridine-carboxamides | 7 | 1,176 | 455 |
| Fluopyram | SDHI | Pyridinyl-ethyl-benzamides | 7 | 1,714 | 341 | |
| Fluxapyroxad | SDHI | Pyrazole-4-carboxamides | 7 | 178 | 8 | |
| Azoxystrobin | Qo inhibitor | Methoxy-acrylates | 11 | 1,056 | 262 | |
| Fenamidone | Qo inhibitor | Imidazolinones | 11 | 581 | 133 | |
| Kresoxim-methyl | Qo inhibitor | Oximino-acetates | 11 | 440 | 55 | |
| Pyraclostrobin | Qo inhibitor | Methoxy-carbamates | 11 | 1,176 | 114 | |
| Trifloxystrobin | Qo inhibitor | Strobilurin | 11 | 1,714 | 341 | |
| Meptyldinocap | Dinitrophenyl crotonates | 29 | 87 | 18 | ||
| All respiration | 8,122 | 1,727 | ||||
| Amino acids and protein synthesis | Cyprodinil | Anilino - pyrimidine | Anilino - pyrimidine | 9 | 1,703 | 621 |
| Mepanipyrim | Anilino - pyrimidine | Anilino - pyrimidine | 9 | 469 | 182 | |
| Pyrimethanil | Anilino - pyrimidine | Anilino - pyrimidine | 9 | 1,028 | 723 | |
| All amino acids and protein synthesis | 3,200 | 1,525 | ||||
| Signal transduction | Iprodione | Dicarboximide | Dicarboximide | 2 | 177 | 127 |
| Fludioxonil | Phenylpyrroles | Phenylpyrroles | 12 | 1,703 | 414 | |
| Quinoxyfen | Phenylpyrroles | Phenylpyrroles | 13 | 807 | 100 | |
| Proquinazid | Aza-naphthalenes | Quinazolinone | 13 | 141 | 5 | |
| All signal transduction | 2,828 | 645 | ||||
| Sterol biosynthesis in membranes | Difenoconazole | DeMethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 206 | 9 |
| Myclobutanil | DeMethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 90 | 8 | |
| Penconazole | DeMethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 957 | 48 | |
| Tebuconazole | DeMethylation inhibitor | Triazoles | 3 | 62 | 12 | |
| Fenpropimorph | Morpholine | Morpholines | 5 | 398 | 282 | |
| Fenhexamid | KetoReductase Inhibitor | Hydroxyanilides | 17 | 2,487 | 1,719 | |
| Fenpyrazamine | KetoReductase Inhibitor | Amino-pyrazolinone | 17 | 419 | 240 | |
| All sterol biosynthesis in membranes | 4,619 | 2,318 | ||||
| Cell wall biosynthesis | Dimethomorph | Carboxylic acid amide | Morpholine/cinamic acid amides | 40 | 229 | 342 |
| All cell wall biosynthesis | 229 | 342 | ||||
| Chemicals with multi-site activity | Chlorothalonil | Chloronitrile | Chloronitrile | M 05 | 86 | 87 |
| All chemicals with multi-site activity | 86 | 87 | ||||
| Unknown mode of action | Cyflufenamid | Phenyl-acetamide | Phenyl-acetamide | U 06 | 938 | 14 |
| Fosetyl-aluminium | Phosphonates | Ethyl phosphonates | 33 | 581 | 1,329 | |
| All unknown mode of action | 1,519 | 1,343 | ||||
| Not classified | Potassium hydrogen carbonate | NC | 438 | 2,604 | ||
| All not classified | 438 | 2,604 | ||||
| All fungicides | 22,291 | 11,017 | ||||
| Sulphur | 1,085 | 4,058 | ||||
| Area grown(1) | 2,088 |
(1) Includes multi-cropping
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(7)
Contact
Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot