Pesticide usage: outdoor vegetable crops 2019

Information from a survey of pesticide use on outdoor vegetable crops grown in Scotland during 2019.


Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank all the farmers, agronomists, contractors and seed merchants who agreed to provide information for this survey.  Thanks are also due to Jackie Hughes (SASA), Fiona Burnett (SRUC), Sarah Cook, Frances Pickering and Phil Walker (ADAS) for editorial assistance.  In addition, the authors are grateful for support and advice from Abigail Mace and her colleagues at Fera Science Ltd, Paul Gavin at the Scottish Government's Agricultural Census Analysis Team and Adrian Roberts of Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland.

Contact

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