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Figure 7: Pesticide use - time and frequency of treatments (source: FERA, Pesticide use survey
report 213 – Arable crops in Great Britain in 2006)
Soil-applied nematicides are applied at drilling, with the peak in March (FERA, 2006). IRS states that
granulates are rarely cost effective to control beet-cyst nematodes. Partially resistant varieties and
catch crops are used to reduce white beet-cyst nematode damage. Resistant varieties reduce the
multiplication rate, whereas appropriate catch crops allow for cysts to hatch but prevent completion of
the life cycle and therefore multiplication.
Table 15: Use of insecticides in foliar sprays and soil-applied nematicides (Sources: b IRS; c ITB;
d FERA; e AIMCRA; f FSE; g SJT; h Pflanzenschutzdienst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern;
I EuropaBio member companies)
Zone Member State Insecticides
(% of
cultivated
sugar beet
area)
A
North
B
Centre
Insecticides Active
(number of ingredients
applications)
Nematicides Active
ingredients
Denmark - - - - -
Estonia n/a
Finland g - - Beta-cyfluthrine;
Clothianidin;
Dimethoate;
Imidacloprid;
Pyrethroids:
e.g. Fenvalerate
Thiamethoxam
- -
Latvia n/a
Lithuania - - - - -
Sweden - - - - -
Austria - - - - -
Belgium - - Cyhalothrin;
Dimethoate;
Deltamethrin;
Lambdacyhalothrin;
Pirimicarb
- -
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