Arthropod pest control for UK oilseed rape - comparing insecticide efficacies, side effects and alternatives Article Published Version Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY) Open Access Zhang, H., Breeze, T., Bailey, A., Garthwaite, D., Harrington, R. and Potts, S. G. (2017) Arthropod pest control for UK oilseed rape - comparing insecticide efficacies, side effects and alternatives. PLoS ONE, 12 (1). e0169475. ISSN 1932- 6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169475 Available at http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/68737/ It is advisable to refer to the publisher’s version if you intend to cite from the work. See Guidance on citing . To link to this article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169475 Publisher: Public Library of Science All outputs in CentAUR are protected by Intellectual Property Rights law, including copyright law. Copyright and IPR is retained by the creators or other copyright holders. Terms and conditions for use of this material are defined in the End User Agreement . www.reading.ac.uk/centaur CentAUR Central Archive at the University of Reading Reading’s research outputs online RESEARCH ARTICLE Arthropod Pest Control for UK Oilseed Rape ± Comparing Insecticide Efficacies, Side Effects and Alternatives Han Zhang1*, Tom Breeze1, Alison Bailey2, David Garthwaite3, Richard Harrington4, Simon G. Potts1 1 Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, 2 Land Management and Systems, Faculty of Agribusiness a1111111111 and Commerce, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 Pesticide Usage Survey, Fera Science Ltd, a1111111111 Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom, 4 Rothamsted Insect Survey, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, a1111111111 United Kingdom a1111111111 *
[email protected] a1111111111 Abstract OPEN ACCESS Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is an important combinable break crop in the UK, which is largely protected from arthropod pests by insecticidal chemicals.