Publication - Statistics

Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2016

Published: 31 October 2017
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781788512596

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2016.

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Table 35 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops - 2016

Area (ha) and quantity (kg) of active substances for all crops

Mode of action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	All arable	All arable
					(ha)	(kg)
A: Nucleic acid synthesis	Metalaxyl-M	Phenylamide	Acylalanine	4	252	19
B: Cytoskeleton and motor proteins	Thiophanate-Methyl	Methyl benzimidazole carbamate	Thiophanate	1	3,226	915
	Zoxamide	Benzamide	Toluamides	22	6,647	875
	Fluopicolide	Benzamide	Pyridinylmethyl-benzamide	43	11,718	1,124
All cytoskeleton and motor proteins					21,591	2,913
C: Respiration	Bixafen	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	91,517	4,716
	Boscalid	SDHI	Pyridine-carboxamides	7	61,815	12,059
	Fluopyram	SDHI	Pyridinyl-ethyl-benzamides	7	8,203	825
	Fluxapyroxad	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	138,596	7,415
	Isopyrazam	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	41,975	2,576
	Penthiopyrad	SDHI	Pyrazole-4-carboxamides	7	38,281	3,867
	Azoxystrobin	Qo inhibitors	Strobilurin	11	33,851	5,357
	Dimoxystrobin	Qo inhibitors	Strobilurin	11	2,224	192
	Fluoxastrobin	Qo inhibitors	Strobilurin	11	95,183	3,484
	Kresoxim-Methyl	Qo inhibitors	Strobilurin	11	8,699	464
	Picoxystrobin	Qo inhibitors	Strobilurin	11	53,488	4,321
	Pyraclostrobin	Qo inhibitors	Strobilurin	11	82,032	5,954
	Trifloxystrobin	Qo inhibitors	Strobilurin	11	138,065	5,458
	Famoxadone	Qo inhibitor	Oxazole	11	3,891	441
	Fenamidone	Qo inhibitor	Imidazolinones	11	5,242	775
	Cyazofamid	Qi inhibitor	Cyano-imidazole	21	62,104	4,958
	Amisulbrom	Qi inhibitor	Sulfamoyl-triazole	21	18,082	1,787
	Fluazinam	Phenylpyridinamine	2,6-dinitro-anilines	29	50,943	9,096
	Ametoctradin	Qo inhibitor, stigmatellin binding type	Triazolo-pyrimidine	45	15,299	3,659
All respiration					949,488	77,404
Mode of action	Active Substance	Group Name	Chemical Group	FRAC Group	All arable	All arable
					(ha)	(kg)
D: Amino acids and protein synthesis	Cyprodinil	Anilino - pyrimidine	Anilino - pyrimidine	9	50,891	9,950
E: Signal transduction	Iprodione	Dicarboximide	Dicarboximide	2	1,062	398
E: Signal transduction	Proquinazid	Aza-naphthalenes	Quinazolinone	13	73,422	1,634
All signal transduction					74,485	2,032
F: Lipid synthesis and membrane integrity	Propamocarb Hydrochloride	Carbamate	Carbamate	28	25,086	22,725
G: Sterol biosynthesis in membranes	Cyproconazole	Demethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	29,968	1,425
	Difenoconazole	Demethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	2,540	359
	Epoxiconazole	Demethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	255,961	15,926
	Metconazole	Demethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	29,274	1,047
	Prochloraz	Demethylation inhibitor	Imidazoles	3	69,833	13,063
	Propiconazole	Demethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	12,567	861
	Prothioconazole	Demethylation inhibitor	Triazolinthiones	3	572,997	48,454
	Tebuconazole	Demethylation inhibitor	Triazoles	3	259,166	23,347
	Spiroxamine	Morpholine	Spiroketal-amines	5	164,003	27,001
	Fenpropimorph	Morpholine	Morpholines	5	102,236	21,612
All sterol biosynthesis in membranes					1,498,544	153,095
H: Cell wall biosynthesis	Dimethomorph	Carboxylic acid amide	Morpholine/ cinomic acid amide	40	32,379	5,626
	Mandipropamid	Carboxylic acid amide	Mandelic acid amides	40	39,997	5,837
	Benthiavalicarb Isopropyl	Carboxylic acid amide	Valinamide carbamate	40	9,039	252
All cell wall biosynthesis					81,414	11,714
U: Unknown mode of action	Cymoxanil	Cyanoacetamide oxime	Cyanoacetamide oxime	27	136,637	12,313
	Cyflufenamid	Phenyl-acetamide	Phenyl-acetamide	U 06	16,606	127
	Metrafenone	Aryl-phenyl-ketone	Benzophenone	U 08	23,935	1,413
All unknown mode of action					177,178	13,853
M: Chemicals with multi-site activity	Copper Oxychloride	Inorganic	Inorganic	M 01	3,838	1,658
	Mancozeb	Dithio-carbamate	Dithio-carbamate	M 03	82,095	103,191
	Folpet	Phthalimide	Phthalimide	M 04	53,862	22,599
	Chlorothalonil	Chloronitrile	Chloronitrile	M 05	531,659	239,656
All chemicals with multi-site activity					671,454	367,105
All fungicides					3,550,384	660,809
Sulphur					11,879	37,467
Area grown					494,167

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⁾.

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Table 35 Mode of action/chemical group of fungicide active substances on all arable crops - 2016

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