Arable crops pesticide survey

The survey divides all cropping into ten major commodity groups. Arable crops, representing around 86-90% of all pesticide use, are surveyed biennially, with the other nine commodity groups sampled every four years - two or three major surveys being undertaken each year. This effectively surveys all areas of pesticide use across agriculture and horticulture. The current timetable of surveys is given in Table 2.1. 

Garthwaite D G, Barker I, Parrish G, Smith L, Chippindale C and Pietravalle S, Pesticide Usage Survey Report 235, Arable Crops in the UK 2010, Delia, 2011. 

MAFF/SOAFD Pesticide Usage Survey Group, Arable Farm Crops in Great Britain 1994, 1995. Water Research Council, Atmospheric Sources of PoUntion. Inputs of Trace Organics to Surface Waters, R D Report No. 20, Water Research Council, 1995. 

R. P. Davis, M. R. Thomas, D. G. Garthwaite and H. M. Bowen, Pesticide Usage Survey Report 108 Arable Farm Crops in Great Britain, MAFF, London, 1992. 

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