Formulations of Plant Oils Used in Crop Protection in Selected EU Member States

An overview of lists of plant protection products used in organic farming in the European Union was carried out in 2017. For the analysis, the lists of products approved for organic farming protection from 8 European Union Member States were used: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg and Slovakia. It was found that in all the analysed Member States 10 different plant oils were recommended for use in organic farming. Nine of 10 were placed on the market as the only active substance of the plant protection products, in addition to 4 cases where plant oils were registered in the mixtures. There were very significant differences among the Member States as to availability of plant oils, as 6 out of 10 are registered in 1 country only. The plant oils registered in more than one Member State were rapeseed oil, mint oil, orange oil and fennel oil. Plant oils were registered for use in 7 different formulations. Emulsifiable concentrate was definitely the most popular among the formulations.