Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio

Examples of approved herbicide to use in some countries of the EU are shown in Table 13 and Table
14. Rotation of modes of actions is a key tool to manage weed resistance and is recommended in
many stewardship programmes to prevent the development of resistance to commonly used
herbicides.
If mechanical weeding is carried out, it is conducted after emergence between the rows, largely for the
control of weed beet, which cannot be controlled with current herbicide sprays approved for use in
beet (FSE, Champion et al., 2003). Some weeks after sowing the soil is hoed (La Filière Betteravière).
This also allows for better water penetration.
Table 12: Chemical weed control (pre-emergence & post-emergence) (Sources: a NBR; b IRS; c FSE;
d SJT; e ITB: f FERA; g AIMCRA; h Pflanzenschutzdienst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern;
I KBIVB; j EuropaBio member company)
Zone Member State Treated area
(% of
cultivated
sugar beet
area)
A
North
B
Centre
average
number of
preemergence
applications
per field
preemergence
active
ingredients
Denmark a - - - - -
Estonia n/a
average post-emergence
number of active ingredients
postemergence
applications
per field
Finland d - - - - Clopyralid;
Cycloxydim; Fluazifop-
P-butyl;
Propaquizafop;
Quizalofop ethyl;
Triflusulfuron-methyl
Latvia n/a
Lithuania - - - - -
Sweden a - - - - Chloridazon;
Clomazon;
Clopyralid;
Ethofumesate;
Lenacil;
Metamitron;
Phenmedipham;
Triflusulfuron-methyl
Austria - - - - -
Belgium i - - Chloridazon;
Clomazon;
Quinmerac +
Chloridazon
Czech Republic - - - -
Germany h
- Clethodim;
Clopyralid;
Cycloxydim;
Ethofumesate;
Fluazifop-P-butyl;
Lenacil; Metamitron;
Phenmedipham;
Propaquizafop;
Quizalofop ethyl;
S-metachloor;
Tepraloxydim;
- - - - Chloridazon;
Clethodim;
Clopyralid;
Cycloxydim;
Desmedipham;
Ethofumesat;
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