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Use neonicotinoid pesticides for disease control .
Newly grown beet seedlings are susceptible to predation by aphids, which have the potential to transmit beet yellowing virus
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The sugar beet crop has been severely affected by the disease, with production in 2020 down by a quarter compared to previous years
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Other pesticides and organic treatments have performed poorly in controlling the virus
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The sugar beet crop has been severely affected by the disease, with production in 2020 down by a quarter compared to previous years
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Other pesticides and organic treatments have performed poorly in controlling the virus
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63% of the UK's sugar comes from domestically produced sugar beets, which could put sugar supplies at risk if the crop were to become heavily infected across the country
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The neonicotinoid pesticide under emergency authorization is Syngenta's Cruiser SB for emergency control of the virus, which has the potential to severely impact sugar beet crop yields
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Alternative solutions are being developed in the sugar beet industry
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This emergency authorization has a strict time limit, the special temporary use of the product will be strictly controlled, and the use will only be allowed in very special circumstances that meet the strict requirements
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The neonicotinoid pesticide under emergency authorization is Syngenta's Cruiser SB for emergency control of the virus, which has the potential to severely impact sugar beet crop yields
.
Alternative solutions are being developed in the sugar beet industry
.
This emergency authorization has a strict time limit, the special temporary use of the product will be strictly controlled, and the use will only be allowed in very special circumstances that meet the strict requirements
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The maximum amount approved for use is 6% of the amount of active substance used on a range of crops before the neonicotinoids were banned in 2016
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Conditions of authorization include lower application rates and a 32-month ban on planting any flowering crops on the same field for sugar beet crops where the product has been used
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Conditions of authorization include lower application rates and a 32-month ban on planting any flowering crops on the same field for sugar beet crops where the product has been used
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The authorization has an initial threshold of use, meaning that the seed treatment can only be used when virus levels predicted by independent modelling reach or exceed 19% of the national crop
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If the viral threshold is not reached, the neonicotinoid-treated seeds should not be used
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This provision is in line with what was required when the measure was last taken in early 2021
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If the viral threshold is not reached, the neonicotinoid-treated seeds should not be used
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This provision is in line with what was required when the measure was last taken in early 2021
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Since the EU-wide ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments took effect (the UK has not banned it), 12 EU sugar-producing countries, including France, Belgium, Denmark and Spain, have approved the ban on new tobacco in the past three years.
Emergency Authorization for Alkaline Seed Treatments
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Emergency Authorization for Alkaline Seed Treatments
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The UK's approach to the use of emergency authorizations has not changed because of the UK's exit from the EU, but is in line with the approach taken across Europe
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UK work to harness scientific advances, including gene editing, will also help to develop crops that are more resistant to aphids and other pests
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UK work to harness scientific advances, including gene editing, will also help to develop crops that are more resistant to aphids and other pests
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A spokesman for the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said:
"This decision was not taken lightly, but was based on a rigorous scientific assessment
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We assess the risks very carefully and will only grant a temporary emergency authorization for restricted pesticides in exceptional circumstances that meet stringent requirements
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We assess the risks very carefully and will only grant a temporary emergency authorization for restricted pesticides in exceptional circumstances that meet stringent requirements
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"The threshold was not reached last year, so this authorization was not granted
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We have always enforced strict standards, which means this authorization is only used when necessary
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We have always enforced strict standards, which means this authorization is only used when necessary
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