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. 2015 Feb 3;88(7):963–972. doi: 10.1007/s00420-015-1024-3

Table 3.

Description of chemical families of fungicides used on crops between the S0 and S4 samples, with classifications according to CLP regulations and IARC monographies

Chemical family (active ingredients) % use
Triazole (cyproconazole a, epoxiconazole a,b, fluquinconazole, flutriafol, hexaconazole, metconazole a, tebuconazole a, tetraconazole) 93
Anilinopyrimidine (cyprodinil) 73
Piperidine (fenpropidin) 60
Benzene derivatives (chlorothalonil b,f) 53
Dithiocarbamates (maneb a/g, mancozeb a, thiram g) 47
Benzimidazoles (carbendazim c,d, thiophanate methyl e) 40
Acetamide (cymoxanil) 33
Phenylamides (oxadixyl) 27
Morpholines (fenpropimorph a, tridemorph d) 20
Phenylpyridylamine (fluazinam), formamide (triforine), phenylurea (pencycuron) 7

CLP classification, labeling and packaging, IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer

aClassified R2(H361d), bclassified C2, cclassified M1B, dclassified R1B(H360d), eclassified M2, according to the European Union CLP regulation no. 1272/2008, fclassified 2B and gclassified 3, according to the IARC monographies (1987, 1991, 1999)