Pesticide usage - soft fruit crops 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2018.


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)

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