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. 2025 Apr 3;23(4):e9318. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9318
Crop and/or situation a F G or I b Pests or group of pests controlled c Formulation Application Application rate PHI (days) m Remarks
Type d , e , f Conc of a.i. g/kg i Method kind f , g , h Growth stage & season j No. of application min/max k Interval between applications (min) g a.i./hL min max (g/hL) Water L/ha min max Total rate each application g a.i./ha min max (g/ha) l

Olive trees

Olea europaea

OLVEU

FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 10 ‐ BBCH 79 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).

Grass (Lawns)

Grassland

English ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Italian ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum

Timotheegrass

Phleum pratense

‘Ornamental’ grasses

3AMGC including Miscanthus × giganteus

FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 09 ‐ BBCH 89 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
Grass (Sport fields, Golf courses) FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 09 ‐BBCH 89 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).

Ornamentals plants

(Wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. Robbiae, EPHRO Magnolia, 1MAGG Griffith's spurge Euphorbia griffithii, EPHGH Philadelphus, 1PHIG Beech Fagus sylvatica, FAUSY Poplar tree Populus spp., 1POPG Hebe Hebe spp., 1HBEG Prunus sp., 1PRNG Wintergreen Gaultheria, 1GAHG Pear tree Pyrus sp., 1PYUG Maple Acer, 1ACRG Rose Rosa, 1ROSG Cotoneaster, 1CTTG Blackberry Rubus, 1RUBG Euonymus, 1EUOG Lilac Syringa, 1SYRG Forsythia, 1FOSG Blueberry Vaccinium, 1VACG)

FGI Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 09 ‐BBCH 89 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
Post‐harvest fruit treatment (peelable fruit: Banana Musa × paradisiaca, MUBPA Kiwis Actinidia chinensis, ATICH Avocado Persea americana, PEBAM Melon Mango Mangifera indica, MNGIN Pineapple Ananas comosus, ANHCO Citrus sp. 1CIDG) FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Immersion Post‐harvest BBCH 89+ 1 1 Immersion/dipping of the fruit in a max of 2% (wt:vol) chitosan solution for a very short time (from a few second to 60 s) before being air dried, leading to a very thin film coating on the surface of the fruit (estimated to max ~0.02% of the fruit weight).
Small fruit crops (3SMFC) FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

100%

Chitosan hydrochloride

Low‐Medium volume spraying Leaf development ‐ development of fruit (BBCH 10–79) 4–8 2 weeks 50–200 200–400 100–800 0 Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
Grapevine Vitis vinifera (VITVI) FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

100% chitosan hydrochloride Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 10–BBCH 79 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–600 100–600 0 Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
Fruit crops (3FRUC) Other than small fruit crops and grapevine FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

100% chitosan hydrochloride Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 10–BBCH 79 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 0

Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).

Specific application rates are defined for small fruit crops and grapevine as set out above in this table.

Vegetables FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 09–BBCH 79 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
Cereals FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 09–BBCH 79 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
Spices FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 09–BBCH 79 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
Crops for animal feed FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low‐Medium volume spraying BBCH 09–BBCH 79 4–8 2 weeks 50–100 200–400 100–400 Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).

Cereals

Seed treatment

FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low volume spraying Before sowing (BBCH 00) 1 Not applicable 50–100 Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).

Potatoes

Seed treatment

FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low volume

Spraying/dipping

Before sowing (BBCH 00) 1 Not applicable 50–100 Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).

Sugar beet

Seed treatment

FG Plant elicitor, plant resistance against pathogenic fungi and bacteria

SP

Soluble Powder

≥ 85%

Chitosan

Low volume spraying Before sowing (BBCH 00) 1 Not applicable 50–100 Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Chitosan can be prepared for use following any of the two recipes provided in Appendix I (preparation for use).
a

For crops, the EU and Codex classification (both) should be taken into account; where relevant, the use situation should be described (e.g. fumigation of a structure).

b

Outdoor or field use (F), greenhouse application (G) or indoor application (I).

c

e.g. pests as biting and suckling insects, soil born insects, foliar fungi, weeds or plant elicitor.

d

e.g. wettable powder (WP), emulsifiable concentrate (EC), granule (GR) etc.

e

GCPF Codes – GIFAP Technical Monograph No 2, 1989.

f

All abbreviations used must be explained.

g

Method, e.g. high volume spraying, low volume spraying, spreading, dusting, drench.

h

Kind, e.g. overall, broadcast, aerial spraying, row, individual plant, between the plant – type of equipment used must be indicated.

i

g/kg or g/L. Normally the rate should be given for the substance (according to ISO).

j

Growth stage at last treatment (BBCH Monograph, Growth Stages of Plants, 1997, Blackwell, ISBN 3‐8263‐3152‐4), including where relevant, information on season at time of application.

k

Indicate the minimum and maximum number of application possible under practical conditions of use.

l

The values should be given in g or kg whatever gives the more manageable number (e.g. 200 kg/ha instead of 200,000 g/ha or 12.5 g/ha instead of 0.0125 kg/ha.

m

PHI – minimum pre‐harvest interval.