title: Identification of Novel Pesticides for Use against Glasshouse Invertebrate Pests in UK Tomatoes and Peppers.
abstract: To inform current and future pesticide availability to glasshouse vegetable growers, the current project trialled more than twenty products, including existing industry standards, against four key pests of glasshouse tomatoes and bell peppers. These included experimental conventional chemical pesticides as well as alternative biopesticide and biorational products based on phytochemicals, microbials and physically-acting substances. The results suggest that certain biopesticide products, particularly botanicals, provide good levels of pest control, with the same being true of experimental conventional chemical pesticides not yet recommended for use against these pests on these crops. Efforts are on-going to ensure that results of the current project translate to industry benefit via new pesticide approvals.
authors.affiliation: Stockbridge Technology Centre, North Yorkshire YO8 3TZ, UK. david.george@stc-nyorks.co.uk.|Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK. david.george@stc-nyorks.co.uk.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Stockbridge Technology Centre, North Yorkshire YO8 3TZ, UK. jen.banfield-zanin@stc-nyorks.co.uk.
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Banfield-Zanin
authors.affiliation: Warwick Crop Centre, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK. Rosemary.Collier@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.affiliation: East Malling Research, Kent ME19 6BJ, UK. Jerry.Cross@emr.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.affiliation: James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK. Nick.Birch@hutton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: A Nicholas E
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.affiliation: Rationale, Duns TD11 3QA, UK. rgwynn@biorationale.co.uk.
authors.forename: Roma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gwynn
authors.affiliation: ADAS, Cambridge CB23 4NN, UK. Neill@adas.co.uk.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Neill
keywords: SCEPTRE project; aphid; pepper; pesticide; thrips; tomato; two-spotted spider mite; whitefly