Weed control in UK field vegetable crops is becoming more challenging due to the increasingly limited availability of herbicide products and greater pressure to reduce pesticide inputs. The use of targeted spraying techniques allows growers to apply less pesticide to their crop and potentially extend their options for herbicide use. Technology has been developed using state of the art precision detection software to recognise weeds in wider row crop such as vegetables and use targeted spraying to reduce phototoxicity on crops and therefore increase yields. In the UK, this method is specifically useful in onion, carrot and sugar beet.
Document no: 4. UK_PA_BS12
