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Report from the Sub-committee on Agriculture

 

 

Table 10.4
Percentage losses in the described scenarios – the 0-, + and ++scenarios. The total losses in the 0-scenario correspond to those shown in table 5.8. The losses in the + and ++scenarios are a best estimate in relation to the permitted use of pesticides. The economic analyses have been based on these losses.
  Herbicides Fungicides* Insecticides Pesticides, total
  0 + ++ 0 + ++ 0 + ++ 0 + ++
Winter wheat, clay 17 10 0 12 5 0 4 3 0 29 17 0
Winter wheat, sand 17 10 0 11 4 0 2 2 0 27 15 0
Winter rye 6 5 0 4 4 0 3 3 1 12 12 1
Winter barley 13 10 0 10 6 0 0 0 0 22 15 0
Spring barley, clay 8 4 0 7 7 1 6 4 0 19 14 1
Spring barley, sand 8 4 0 6 6 1 3 2 0 17 12 1
Winter rape 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 4 0 7 6 1
Spring rape 5 5 0 2 2 1 17 11 0 23 17 1
Other seed 50 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 50 2 0
Peas 12 5 0 2 2 0 9 6 0 21 12 0
Oats 9 5 0 5 5 2 3 3 0 16 12 2
Seed potatoes 0 0 0 41 5 0 3 3 0 43 8 0
Starch potatoes 0 0 0 37 5 0 8 8 0 42 13 0
Ware potatoes 0 0 0 40 5 0 6 6 0 43 11 0
Beets 0 0 0 2 2 1 12 2 0 14 4 1
Maize 13 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 16 7 0
Grass 0 3   0 0 0 0 0   3? 3 0

*includes pre-harvest desiccation in potatoes