Johan Wardlaw

Pesticide Usage Surveyor

Telephone Number
+44(0)131 244 8904

Research interests/Areas of expertise

Plant protection product use on agricultural and horticultural crops

Biography

2014 – Present Pesticide Usage Surveyor, collecting pesticide use data on a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops.
2011-2014 Potato Certification Assistant, Assisted with the maintenance of the SASA potato collections.
2008 – 2011Herbage Trials Officer, Assisted with the field trials, seed certification and sampling work of the section.
2005 – BSc (Hons) Plant & Environmental Biology, University of St Andrews

Publications

One of the authors of the Pesticide Usage Survey reports as well as the following publications:

Reay G, Hughes J, Monie C, Wardlaw J. 2020. Pesticide usage trends on Scottish potato crops 2008-2018. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2020. :261-264.
Hughes J, Monie C, Reay G, Wardlaw J. 2020. Uptake of integrated pest management activities in Scottish agricultural and horticultural crop production. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2020. :3-10. Uptake of integrated pest management activities in Scottish agricultural and horticultural crop production (93.86 KB)
Hughes J, Monie C, Reay G, Wardlaw J. 2018. Monitoring Scotland’s pesticide usage: the work of SASA’s Pesticide Survey Unit. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2018. :169-174.
Hughes J, Monie C, Reay G, Wardlaw J. 2018. The impact of current and proposed neonicotinoid restrictions on Scottish crops and pesticide usage patterns. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2018. :163-168.
Hughes J, Reay G, Monie C, Wardlaw J, Evans A. 2016. Survey of the impact of the neonicotinoid restrictions on Scottish oilseed rape crops and recommendations for alternative crop protection strategies. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016. :99-104.