EAMUs

Our Extension of Authorisation for Minor Use (EAMU) programme ensured UK growers had the essential plant protection products they needed to remain competitive.

From April 2023, the EAMUs service transferred to the new industry owned company Horticulture Crop Protection Limited.

For the latest updates, including new approvals please see Horticulture Crop Protection - British Growers Association.

What are EAMUs?

Extensions of Authorisation for Minor Uses (EAMUs) give the UK horticulture industry access to fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, acaricides, plant growth regulators and seed treatments.

Between 2013 and 2020 we secured over 560 EAMUs across more than 200 crops, 70% of all EAMUs in the market.

We acted on behalf of the industry to seek approvals for products that plant protection companies would not otherwise pursue, due to the cost and resources needed and the small market size of minor horticulture crops.

The authorisation process is costly and time-consuming, so it is difficult for individual growing businesses to do themselves.

We presented data and information to CRD to secure 120 day emergency authorisations when there was a critical pest or disease pressure that could not be controlled with existing approved chemistry.

We also worked with CRD and the wider industry to try to prevent actives being withdrawn.

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Here are the EAMUs we secured for crops in 2020:

Field Vegetables

Product Name	Crops	Target	Active	EAMU no.
Botanigard WP	Outdoor crops of bulb onion, garlic, salad onion & shallot	Thrips	220 g / kg beauveria bassiana GHA	1993/2020
Botanigard WP	Protected and outdoor crops of asparagus, celery & leek	Thrips & aphids	220 g / kg beauveria bassiana GHA	1997/2020
Fazor	Outdoor crops of carrot & parsnip	Sprout suppressant (plant growth regulator)	60 % w/w maleic hydrazide	1921/ 2020
SL 567A	Brussels sprout, cabbage & cauliflower	White blister	465 g / l metalaxyl-M	1898/2020
SL 567A	Broad bean (outdoor)	Downy mildew	465 g / l metalaxyl-M	1899/2020
Fazor	Outdoor crops of garlic & shallot	Plant growth regulator	60 % w/w maleic hydrazide	1904/2020
Gazelle SG	Asparagus	?	20 % w/w acetamiprid	1841/2020
Finalsan	Outdoor crops of courgette & summer squash, sweetcorn, winter squash & pumpkin	Various weeds	186.7 g / l fatty acids: pelargonic acid	1609/2020
Benevia 10OD	Outdoor crops of collard, kale, oriental cabbage	Diamond back moth	100 g / l cyantraniliprole	1489/2020
Artist	Outdoor asparagus	Various weeds	240 g / kg flufenacet and 175 g / kg metribuzin	1340/2020
Benevia 10OD	Outdoor leek	Onion thrips	100 g / l cyantraniliprole	1326 /2020
Minecto One	Broad bean (outdoor)	Bruchid beetle	400 g / kg cyantraniliprole	1320/2020
Eximus II	Broad bean (outdoor), Winter & Spring Field Bean	Broad leaved weeds	400 g / l pendimethalin	1307/2020
Benevia 10OD	Protected Oriental cabbages	Flea beetle & cabbage stem flea beetle	100 g / l cyantraniliprole	1283/2020
Wakil XL	Beans without pods - fresh, broad bean (outdoor), dwarf French bean, edible podded pea, runner bean	Pythium	100 g / kg cymoxanil, 50 g / kg fludioxonil and 175 g / kg metalaxyl-M	1259/2020
Teppeki	Carrot	Carrot willow aphid & peach potato aphid	500 g / kg flonicamid	1239/2020
Batavia	Outdoor celery	?	100 g / l spirotetramat	1115/2020.
Emerger	Celery, leek, salad onion	Various weeds	600 g / l aclonifen	1100/2020
Emerger	Garlic, onion, shallot	Various weeds	600 g / l aclonifen	1102/2020
Emerger	Carrot, celeriac, Jerusalem artichoke, parsnip, root parsley	Various weeds	600 g / l aclonifen	1101/2020
Decis Protech	courgette, summer squash, cucumber & gherkin	Western Flower Thrips & Leaf Miner	15 g / l deltamethrin	1052/2020
Decis Protech	Borecole, collard, kale, oriental cabbage, spring greens	Caterpillar, brassica flea beetle & some control of aphids and whitefly	15 g / l deltamethrin	1050/2020
Flexidor	Gherkin	?	500 g / l isoxaben	0883/2020
Flipper	Carrot, celeriac, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, parsley root, parsnip, radish, red beet, salsify, swede, turnip, bulb onion, garlic, salad onion, shallot, asparagus, celery, Florence fennel, globe artichoke, leek, rhubarb	Thrips, aphids & cabbage aphid	479.8 g / l fatty acids C7-C20	0103/2020

Soft Fruit

Product Name	Crops	Target	Active	EAMU no.
Karma	Blackberry, loganberry and rubus hybrid, raspberry	Powdery mildew & botrytis	85.42 % w/w Potassium hydrogen carbonate	1933/2020
Benevia 10OD	Protected strawberry	Spotted Wing Drosophila	100 g / l cyantraniliprole	1523/2020
Exirel 10SE	Blueberry	Spotted wing drosophila	100 g / l cyantraniliprole	1381/2020
Benevia 10OD	Strawberry	Spotted Wing Drosophila	100g 1 cyantranilprote	1339/2020
Tracer	Plum, damson	Spotted wing drosophila	480 g / l spinosad	1331/2019
Trianum P	Bilberry, blackcurrant and redcurrant, blueberry, cranberry, elderberry, gooseberry, mulberry, rose hips	?	10 g / kg Trichoderma harzianum strain T22	1299/2020
Trianum P	Strawberry	Fusarium, pythium & Rhizoctonia	10 g / kg Trichoderma harzianum strain T22	1297/2020
Trianum P	Bilberry	Fusarium, pythium & Rhizoctonia	10 g / kg Trichoderma harzianum strain T22	1296/2020
Exirel 10SE	Cherry	Spotted Wing Drosophila	100 g / l cyantraniliprole	1272/2020
Botector	Blackberry, loganberry a& rubus hybrid, raspberry	Grey mould	2.5109 CFU/g (500 g/kg) Aureobasidium pullulans strain DSM 14940 and 2.5109 CFU/g (500 g/kg) Aureobasidium pullulans strain DSM 14941	1264/2020
Spruzit	Bilberry, blackcurrant and redcurrant, blueberry, cranberry, gooseberry, rose hips	Spotted wing drosophila	4.59 g / l pyrethrins and 825.3 g / l rapeseed oil	1258/2020
Custo-Fume	Protected & outdoor crops of Strawberry, raspberry and blackberry	Soil fumigant for the control of soil borne pathogens & nematodes	a vapour releasing product formulation containing 995 g / l chloropicrin details of which are specified in the ‘Confidential Conditions’ section (Appendix 3) of this authorisation.	0781/2020
Talius	Blackcurrant & redcurrant, gooseberry	Powdery mildew.	200 g / l proquinazid	0741/2020
Devrinol	Bilberry, blueberry, cranberry, elderberry, mulberry, rose hips	Annual meadow grass, common chickweed & mayweeds	450 g / l napropamide	0170/2020
Devrinol	Blackberry, loganberry and rubus hybrid	Annual meadow grass, common chickweed & mayweeds	450 g / l napropamide	0169/2020

Tree Fruit

Product Name	Crops	Target	Active	EAMU no.
Systhane 20 EW	Outdoor plum	Plum rust	200 g / l myclobutanil	2027/2020
Exirel 10SE	Damson, plum	Spotted wing drosophila	100 g / l cyantraniliprole	1345/2020
Tracer	Outdoor cherry	Spotted wing drosophila	480 g / l spinosad	1325/2020
Botanigard WP	Apricot, cherry, peach, nectarine, plum	Various aphids & mites	220 g / kg beauveria bassiana GHA	0791/ 2020

Protected Edibles & Mushrooms

Product Name	Crops	Target	Active	EAMU no.
Microthiol Special	Permanent protection with full enclosure crops of aubergine, cucumber, pepper and chilli	Powdery mildew	800 g / kg sulphur	2702/2020
Kanemite SC	Tomato	Red Spider Mite	164 g / l acequinocyl	1385/2020
Azatin	Permanent protection with full enclosure crops of courgette & cucumber	Thrips, whitefly	217 g / l azadirachtin	1266/2020
Azatin	Permanent protection with full enclosure crops of aubergine & tomato	Tuta absoluta	217 g / l azadirachtin	1265/2020
Decis Protech	Permanent protection with full enclosure crops of courgette and summer squash, cucumber & gherkin	Western Flower Thrips and Leaf Miner	15 g / l deltamethrin	1052/2020
Decis Protech	Permanent protection with full enclosure crops of aubergine & tomato	Western Flower Thrips and Leaf Miner	15 g / l deltamethrin	1051/2020
Decis Protech	celery & fennel	caterpillars, flea beetle, aphids, cutworms and capsid.	15 g / l deltamethrin	1053/2020
Floramite 240 SC	Aubergine, cucumber, pepper and chilli & tomato	Two spotted spider mite	240 g / l bifenazate	0642/2020

Ornamentals

Product Name	Crops	Target	Active	EAMU no.
Systhane 20 EW	Container grown under permanent protection with full enclosure ornamental plant production	Powdery mildew, blackspot & rust	200 g / l myclobutanil	2026/2020
Devrinol	Ornamental plant production	Various weeds	450 g / l napropamide	0168/2020
Gazelle SG	Forest nursery	Large pine weevil	20 % w/w acetamiprid	0452/2020
Floramite 240 SC	Protected and permanent protection with full enclosure ornamental plant production - container grown crops	Two spotted spider mite	240 g / l bifenazate	1911/2020
Kumulus DF	Outdoor ornamental plant production, outdoor forest nursery	Powdery mildew & bud mite	80 % w/w sulphur	1481/2020
FLiPPER	Protected and outdoor ornamental plant production	Aphids, whitefly & spider mite	479.8 g / l fatty acids C7-C20	1415/2020
Ranman Top	Protected ornamentals	Downy mildew	160 g / l cyazofamid	1205/2020

We are totally dependent on the. emergency clearances that AHDB helped.

How did we secure EAMUs for the horticulture industry?

We work with CRD (Chemicals Regulatory Directorate), plant protection manufacturers, growers and counterparts in the EU to identify products that we believe will be valuable for the industry and are likely to be authorised.

If you are unsure of the authorisation status of a product or crop for a particular product, please use the HSE Pesticide Database and the Extension of Authorisation Database. These databases contain copies of all notices of authorisation that show permitted rates and timings, as well as restrictions and expiry dates. They also contain notices of withdrawal, which give details of when a plant protection product will no longer be sold, and the final date for use and disposal of any product.

If a product shows an expiry of 09/09/2099, then this indicates the product is undergoing renewal, and is subject to a ‘frozen’ period that means no new EAMUs can be authorised for this product until renewal has been completed.

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