Field Trials Service

Field trials of agrochemicals are undertaken through our alliance partners in Europe and in North America. The field stations used are all GLP-compliant and provide access to a wide range of crops, targets and soil types in diverse environmental conditions. Highly experienced staff carry out trials generating data to support agrochemical registrations.

Services Available:

• Crops: annual field crops such as cereals and potatoes; perennial crops such as deciduous fruit; protected crops particularly vegetables; and ornamentals.
• Weed targets: drilled herbicide screens; perennial weeds; natural populations.
• Disease targets: all key diseases including potato late blight.
• Insect targets: key soil and foliar insects and non-entomological pests including mites and nematodes.
• Beneficial organisms: impact on ground beetles, bees and earthworms.
• Test types: efficacy, application, selectivity, rainfastness, UV stability, drift studies, phytotoxicity, plant residues, uptake and movement.

Facilities / Equipment Available:

• Extensive sites with offices/modern well-equipped laboratories.
• Range of agricultural and small plot field equipment.
• Glasshouses/plastic tunnels for research work and protected crop studies.

Benefits:

• Complete Study Management to deliver reports tailored to meet the specific needs of individual clients.
• GLP-compliance and a high level of expertise in trials design, method development, conduct of field studies, data analysis and reporting.
• Supporting infrastructure including meeting room and car park at field stations to cater for field demonstrations/visits.
• Professionalism, technical excellence and delivery orientation.