Pesticides and crop protection
The use of chemicals (pesticides) for crop protection and animal health (veterinary medicines and treatments) are key components in agricultural production systems. The use of these substances inherently presents risks to the wider environment directly and indirectly and so it is important to understand the risks posed and develop strategies to minimise any potential impacts. AERU have an extensive track record undertaking research into pesticides, their use, potential impacts and the development of tools for knowledge transfer and for supporting regulatory risk assessments. This includes the creation and management of the Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB) – a world leading database used extensively by users around the world.
Projects
Publications
- Lewis, K., Rainford, J., Tzilivakis, J., & Garthwaite, D. (2021). Application of the Danish Pesticide Load Indicator to UK arable agriculture. J Environ Qual.: 1-13. DOI.
- Rainford, J., Garthwaite, D., Jones, G., Tzilivakis, J. and Lewis, K.A. (2020) Developing
a UK Pesticide Load Indicator. Final report for a scoping project undertaken
for Defra by FERA Science Limited and the Agriculture & Environment Research
Unit at the University of Hertfordshire.
- Lewis, K.A. &
Tzilivakis, J. (2019). Wild bee toxicity data for pesticide risk assessments. Data, 4(3):
98. DOI
- Lewis, K.A., Tzilivakis, J., Warner, D.J. & Green, A. (2018). Agri-environmental
Management in Europe: Sustainable Challenges and Solutions - From Policy
Interventions to Practical Farm Management. 5m Publishing,
Sheffield, UK. ISBN: 1912178443
- Warner, D., Tzilivakis, J., Green, A. and Lewis, K. (2017) Environmental
impact assessment of sugar beet and sugar cane grown in the United States.
Confidential report to Western Sugar Ltd
- Lewis, K.A. &
Tzilivakis, J. (2017). Review of the published exposure data to pesticides
for residents and bystanders, and for environmental risk assessment: Final
report. EFSA supporting publication 2017:EN-1204, 101 pp. DOI
- Lewis, K. & Tzilivakis, J. (2017). Development of a data set of pesticide
dissipation rates in/on various plant matrices for the Pesticide Properties
DataBase (PPDB). Data, 2(3), 28. DOI
- Lewis, K.A.,
Tzilivakis, J., Warner, D. & Green, A. (2016). An international database for
pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk
Assessment: An International Journal, 22(4): 1050-1064. DOI
- AECOM, AERU, RAC & LFAP (2016) Payments for ecosystems services
trial in the Loddon catchment. Phase 2 report for Affinity Water, prepared
by AECOM, Agriculture and Environment Research Unit (AERU) at the University of
Hertfordshire, Reading Agricultural Consultants (RAC) and the Loddon Farm Advice Project (LFAP)
- AECOM, AERU, RAC & LFAP (2015) Payments for ecosystems services
trial in the Loddon catchment. Phase 1 report for Affinity Water, prepared
by AECOM, Agriculture and Environment Research Unit (AERU) at the University of
Hertfordshire, Reading Agricultural Consultants (RAC) and the Loddon Farm Advice Project (LFAP)
- Fountain, M., Davies, M., Mounter, D., Hookey, J., Mason, A., Lewis, K.A. and
Warner, D.J. (2015) Development of zero and minimal herbicide
regimes for controlling weeds on hard surfaces and determining their emissions.
Final report for project PS2802. Defra, London.
- Fountain, M., Davies, M., Mounter, D., Hookey, J., Mason, A., Lewis, K.A. and
Warner, D.J. (2015) Best Practice Guidance Notes for Integrated
and Non-chemical Amenity Hard Surface Weed Control.
- Fountain, M., Hookey, J., Mounter, D. &
Warner, D.J. (2014). Development of zero and minimal herbicide regimes for
controlling weeds on hard surfaces and determining their emissions and
effectiveness and comparisons with more traditional approaches. Towards
Developing Guidance Notes for Integrated Approaches to Amenity Weed Control. 11
February 2014 University of Hertfordshire and 25 February 2014, University of
Lancaster
- Lewis, K.A. & Tzilivakis, J. (2013). The Waitrose Pesticide Load Indicator. Waitrose
Annual Technical Conference for the Fresh Produce Supply base, 13 November 2013.
- Warner, D.J. (2013). Development of
low/no herbicide regimes for amenity weed control. Waitrose Technical
Conference, Waitrose, Allington, Kent, 12th November 2013.
- Lewis, K. &
Green, A. (2011). The Pesticide Properties DataBase. Chemistry International, 33(3):
30-31.
- Dubus, I., Azimonti, G., Bach, M.,
Barriuso, E., Bidoglio, G., Bouraoui, F., Centofanti, T., Coquet, Y., Feisel,
B., Fialkiewicz, W., Fowler, H., Galimberti, F., Grizzetti, B., Højberg, A.,
Hollis, J., Jarvis, N., Kajewski, I., Kjær, J., Krasnicki, S., Lewis, K.,
Lobnik, F., Lolos, P., Moeys, J., Nolan, T., Rasmussen, P., Réal, B.,
Reichenberger, S., Šinkovec, M., Stenemo, F., Suhadolic, M., Surdyk, N.,
Tzilivakis, J., Vaudour, T., Avoulidou-Theodorou, E., Windhorst, E. & Wurm, D.
(2009). The FOOTPRINT Software Tools: Pesticide Risk Assessment and
Management in the EU at different spatial scales. Presented at CEMEPE &
SECOTOX June 2009, Mykonos, Greece.
- Lewis, K.A. (2009). FOOTPRINT
Pesticide Properties Database: why and how it was developed and its future role
in environmental risk assessments. Invited paper presented at 238th American
Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC, August 16-20th 2009.
- Tzilivakis, J., Green, A. &
Lewis, K.A. (2009). The FOOT-FS software system: An overview. Presented
at the FOOTPRINT Final Conference, Giessen, Germany, 18-19 March 2009.
- Green, A., Lewis, K.A. &
Tzilivakis, J. (2009). Pesticide Properties Database: An overview.
Presented at the FOOTPRINT Final Conference, Giessen, Germany, 18-19 March 2009.
- Lewis, K.A., Green, A. &
Tzilivakis, J. (2009). Pesticide Properties Database: Usage and Uptake.
Presented at the FOOTPRINT Final Conference, Giessen, Germany, 18-19 March 2009.
- Lewis, K.A., Green, A. &
Tzilivakis, J. (2009). The Pesticide Properties DataBase: Beyond FOOTPRINT.
Presented at the FOOTPRINT Final Conference, Giessen, Germany, 18-19 March 2009.
- Lewis, K., Green A. &
Tzilivakis J. (2007). A Pesticide database holding fate and ecological
values. Report DL24 of the FP6 EU-funded FOOTPRINT project, 28p.
- Tzilivakis, J. & Lewis,
K.A. (2007). The Beta version of FOOT-FS. Report DL26 of the FP6
EU-funded FOOTPRINT project, 28p.
- Lewis, K., Green, A. &
Tzilivakis, J. (2007). Development of an improved pesticide properties
database for risk assessment applications. EFITA/WCCA Conference Glasgow,
July 2007.
- Green, A., Lewis, K.A.,
Tzilivakis, J. Dubus, I.G. & Coles, A. (2007). FOOTPRINT - Creating tools for
Pesticide Risk Assessment and Management in Europe. Poster presented at
Voluntary Initiative Meeting, SCI York.
- Dubus, I., Azimonti, G.,
Bach, M., Barriuso, E., Bidoglio, G., Bouraoui, F., Fialkiewicz, W., Fowler, H.,
François, O., Højberg, A., Hollis, J., Jarvis, N., Kajewski, I., Kjær, J.,
Lewis, K., Lobnik, F., Lolos, P., Réal, B., Reichenberger, S., Stenemo, F.,
Suhadolc, M. & Vavoulidou-Theodorou. E. (2006). Developing functional tools
for pesticide risk assessment and management at various scales in Europe: the EU
project FOOTPRINT. SCI Conference. Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water and
Air. Warwick.
- Tzilivakis, J., Turley,
D.B., Ogilvy, S.E., Lewis, K.A. & Lawson, K. (2004). Assessing the environmental
impact of crop protection strategies for integrated farming systems. Agronomie 24,
67-76.
- Brown, C.D., Hart, A.,
Lewis, K.A. & Dubus, I.G. (2003). p-EMA (I): simulating the environmental fate
of pesticides for a farm-level risk assessment system. Agronomie 23,
67-74.
- Hart, A., Brown, C.D.,
Lewis, K.A. & Tzilivakis, J. (2003). p-EMA (II): evaluating ecological risks of
pesticides for a farm-level risk assessment system. Agronomie 23,
75-84.
- Lewis, K.A., Brown, C.D.,
Hart, A. & Tzilivakis, J. (2003). p-EMA (III): overview and application of a
software system designed to assess the environmental risk of agricultural
pesticides. Agronomie 23, 85-96.
- Reus, J., Leendertse,
P., Bockstaller, C., Fomsgaard, I., Gutsche, V., Lewis, K., Nilsson, C.,
Pussemier, L.,Trevisan, M., Van der Werf, H., Alfarroba, F., Blümel, S., Isart,
J., McGrath, D. & Seppälä, T. (2002). Comparison and evaluation of eight
pesticide environmental risk indicators developed in Europe and recommendations
for future use. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 90,
177–187.
- Lewis, K.A. (1999). Pesticide
environmental performance indicators - pesticide assessment with the EMA II
package (Environmental Management for Agriculture) presented at the CAPER
conference 18-20 March 1999, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and published in the
CAPER Final report by CLM March 1999.
- Lewis, K.A., Newbold, M.J.
& Thomas, M.R. (1998). Pesticide policies, practices and initiatives - can the
UK's know-how be transferred to Chile? International Conference on Pesticide
use in Developing Countries: Impact on health and the environment, Costa
Rica February 1998.
- Lewis, K.A. Newbold, M.J. &
Broom, C.E. (1997). An eco-rating system for optimising pesticide use at farm
level: Part 2 evaluation, examples and piloting. Journal of Agricultural
Engineering 68, 281-289.
- Lewis, K.A., Newbold, M.J., Hall, A.M. & Broom, C.E. (1997).
An eco-rating system for optimising pesticide use at farm level: Part 1 theory
and development. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 68, 275-280.
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