How do British growers achieve pest and disease control without pesticides?
A5. Britain leads the world in biological pest control, employing natural predators to control pests such as leaf miners and red spider mites. This ensures an environmentally friendly industry with added consumer protection. Natural control methods represent the most effective and profitable solution. An armoury of natural enemies is now available from specialist rearing companies, and growers have become skilled in these advanced techniques, following research on the best ways to use them. British growers have a published target of eliminating the use of all pesticides on their crops an increasing area of organic tomato crops is also being produced here.
