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AR0719: Potential to reduce insecticide use against BYDV vectors through genetic improvement to crops.
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2004 To 2004, Cost £10,000
Contractors / Funded Organisations:   ADAS UK Ltd.
Field of Study:   Arable Crops
Theme:   Arable crop genetics and breeding
Keywords:  
Cereals, Crop Improvement, Crops, Farming, Insecticide use, Arable Farming
 
 
CB02010: Modelling effects on farmland food webs of herbicide and insecticide management I
Description - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2001 To 2002, Cost £150,564
Contractors / Funded Organisations:   University - East Anglia
Field of Study:   Biotechnology and GMOs
Theme:   Biotechnology (CB02)
Keywords:  
Agricultural Land, Agri-Environment, Environmental Protection, GM Non-Food, GM Risk Assessment, Herbicide use, Insecticide use, Land, Wildlife conservation, Biodiversity
 
 
CB02012: Modelling effects on farmland food webs of herbicide and insecticide management II
Description - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2002 To 2003, Cost £138,512
Contractors / Funded Organisations:   Natural Environment Research Council
Field of Study:   Biotechnology and GMOs
Theme:   Biotechnology (CB02)
Keywords:  
Agricultural Land, Agri-Environment, Environmental Protection, GM Non-Food, GM Risk Assessment, Herbicide use, Insecticide use, Land, Wildlife conservation, Biodiversity
 
 
LK09102: Integrated control of the bean seed beetle, Bruchus rufimanus
Time Scale & Cost
From 2007 To 2010, Cost £299,860
Contractors / Funded Organisations:  
Keywords:  
 
 
LK09114: Sustaining the effectiveness of new insecticides against aphid pests in the UK
Description - Objective - Time Scale & Cost
From 2009 To 2011, Cost £402,116
Contractors / Funded Organisations:  
Theme:   LINK: Sustainable Arable
Keywords:  
 
 
LK0924: Integrated control of wheat blossom midge
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2001 To 2004, Cost £196,357
Contractors / Funded Organisations:   Dow Agrosciences Ltd, Nickerson UK Ltd, Advanta, ADAS UK Ltd., AgriSense BSC Ltd, Elsoms Seeds Ltd, Rothamsted Research (BBSRC), Home Grown Cereals Authority, John Innes Centre (BBSRC), Morley Research Centre
Field of Study:   Arable Crops
Theme:   Arable crop zoology and pest science
Keywords:  
Cereals, Climate and Weather, Climate Change, Crop Pests, Farming, Insecticide use, LINK Programme, Natural Resource Use, Arable Farming, Sustainable Farming and Food, Sustainable Production, Wheat Production
 
 
LK0967: Biopesticides for the control of storage insect pests
Description - Time Scale & Cost
From 2005 To 2009, Cost £393,114
Contractors / Funded Organisations:   CABI Bioscience, Exosect, Weetabix Ltd, Smiths Flour Mills, RHM Group Ltd, Marks and Spencer plc, Home Grown Cereals Authority, Central Science Laboratory, Igrox Ltd, Somycel, BOCM Pauls Ltd
Field of Study:   Arable Crops
Theme:   Arable crop commodity storage
Keywords:  
Crop Pests, Crops, Farming, Insecticide use, Invertebrates, Arable, Pest Control, Arable Farming, Storage, Biological Control, Biopesticide
 
 
LK0969: Assessment of wheat blossom midge risk and exploitation of resistant and tolerant varieties
Description - Objective - Time Scale & Cost
From 2005 To 2008, Cost £238,181
Contractors / Funded Organisations:  
Theme:   LINK: Sustainable Arable
Keywords:  
 
 
PS2035: Pilot study to measure drift of dust containing neonicotinoid compounds from seed treatments during drilling of autumn sown crops in the UK
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2013 To 2014, Cost £79,124
Contractors / Funded Organisations:   F E R A (FERA)
Field of Study:   Pesticide Safety
Theme:   Pesticide Application Technology
Keywords:  
Insecticide use, Application, Pesticide use, Bee Health
 
 
PS2110: Novel approaches to crop protection: synergistic manipulation of plant and insect defences
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2007 To 2008, Cost £178,740
Contractors / Funded Organisations:   Rothamsted Research (BBSRC)
Field of Study:   Pesticide Safety
Theme:   Alternative Plant Protection Technologies
Keywords:  
Chemicals, Crop Pests, Environment, Insecticide use, Pest and Weed Control, Pesticide use, Pesticides, Plant, Plants and Animals, Resistance, Biopesticide
 
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