31/01/08
The 21st edition of The UK Pesticide Guide 2008 is now available
and provides farmers and growers with the most up-to-date information
relating to UK approved products, for agriculture, horticulture,
forestry and amenity use.
“The UK Pesticide Guide has been a valuable asset
to UK agriculture for the past 21 years - and still is,” endorses
Mr Tony Pexton, farmer and Chairman of the Assured Combinable
Crops Scheme. “It is an increasing requirement for
farmers and growers to be in possession of up-to-date pesticide
information, as required by our customers and as part of
cross compliance. We must all have the current information
on resistance strategies, approvals and mixes for example
and this annual publication is definitely an important
source of knowledge for the industry and will be for many
years to come.”
This edition of the Guide provides
invaluable information on over 1,300 pesticide products
in current use in the UK, including six new active ingredients;
bifenazate, flumioxazin, imazamox, indoxacarb, isoxaflutole
and mandipropamid. Mode of action codes, published by the
Fungicide, Herbicide and Insecticide Resistance Action
Committees, are included for the first time in order to
help farmers and advisers make effective and sustainable
product choices to prevent the development of resistance.
Dick Whitehead has been editing
The UK Pesticide Guide since 1994 and this year he retires
as editor. “The
21st edition reflects the importance that this publication
has for the UK crop production industry,” explains
Mr Whitehead. “The book is always a popular choice
for those on the move who need information at their fingertips
when planning their spray programme.”
BCPC will be
announcing Dick Whitehead’s placement
in the near future.
“The identity and nature of active ingredients, and the structure of the
industry that provides them, have seen significant changes over the 21 years
that we have been publishing this Guide,” says Mr Whitehead. “Our
aim is to continue to provide access to up-to-date information on new products
and the increasingly complex and demanding legislation that surrounds them. We
are sure that our customers will therefore welcome the launch of a new on-line
version –www.plantprotection.co.uk– which goes live within the
next few weeks and takes over from the CD-Rom version which was introduced in
1999” he adds.
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