Dr Jacqueline Hughes
Head of Agricultural Science Delivery;
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Research interests/Areas of expertise
- Plant protection product use patterns, evaluation and approval
- Biocide evaluation and approval
- Agricultural use of rodenticides
Biography
- 2016 head of Pesticide Survey Unit
- Joined SASA in 2006 as a Pesticides Adviser, managing the Pesticide Survey Team and providing advice on agricultural pesticide use and approval to a range of stakeholders.
- 2004-2006 Study Coordinator, managing European pesticide residue and efficacy studies, Charles River Laboratories, UK
- 2001-2004 Study Director, conducting ecotoxicology studies to assess the impact of pesticides on non-target arthropods, Charles River Laboratories, UK
- 1999-2001 Post-doctoral Researcher, studying flight dynamics of lepidopteran orchard pests. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Zurich
- 1998-1999 Entomologist, conducting insecticide efficacy trials, Charles River Laboratories, UK
- 1997 PhD in Entomology - "Investigation of the potential range and colonisation ability of selected insect pests of oilseed rape". University of Edinburgh & Scottish Agricultural College
Representational Duties
- Scottish Government assessor for the Expert Committee for Pesticides (ECP)
- Scottish Government observer for ECP Environmental and Medical and Toxicological Panels
- Member of the ECP’s Working Party for Pesticide Usage Survey (WPPUS)
Scottish Government assessor of biocidal risk assessment evaluations
Publications
One of the authors of the Pesticide Usage Survey reports as well as the following publications:
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. 2018. Monitoring Scotland’s pesticide usage: the work of SASA’s Pesticide Survey Unit. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2018. :169-174.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 2014. Insecticide use on Scottish oilseed rape crops: Historical use patterns and pest control options in the absence of neonicotinoid seed treatments. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2014. :21-26.
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. 2013. Agricultural land usage and bone cancer: is there a link? Small area analyses of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma diagnosed in 0-49 year olds in Great Britain, 1985-2009 British Sarcoma Group (BSG) Conference.
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. 2013. Agricultural land usage and bone cancer: is there a link? Small area analyses of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma diagnosed in 0-49 year olds in Great Britain, 1985-2009 SHIP (Scottish Health Improvement Programme) Conference.
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. 2013. Monitoring agricultural rodenticide use and secondary exposure of raptors in Scotland. Ecotoxicology. 22(6):974-984.
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. 2012. Pesticide Use Patterns in Scottish Cereal Crops 2000-2010: Potential Impact of EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2012. :145-150. CPNB 2012 Pesticide Use patterns in scottish cereal crops.doc (84 KB)
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. 2011. A decade of monitoring anticoagulant rodenticide use and non-target wildlife exposure in Scotland. SETAC Europe Science Symposium “Environmental Risk Assessment of Biocides”, Brussels.
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. 2010. An initial study to assess the use of geological parent materials to predict the Se concentration in overlying soils and in five staple foodstuffs produced on them in Scotland. Science of the Total Environment. 408(22):5295-5305.
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. 2010. Pesticide use in Scottish Potato Cultivation 1998-2008: Trends and Predictions. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2010. :245-250.
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. 2006. Trade-off between mobility and fitness in Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Ecological Entomology. 31(1):68-74.
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. 2004. Pre-imaginal environment influences flight in Cydia molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Environmental Entomology. 33(5):1155-1162.
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. 2004. The effect of a veterinary chemical (Neporex 2 SG) on terrestrial invertebrates in the field. SETAC, Prague.
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. 2003. Lygid bug damage as a pod access mechanism for Dasineura brassicae (Dipt., Cecidomyiidae) oviposition. Journal of Applied Entomology. 127(2):116-118.
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. 2002. Development of a laboratory bioassay to evaluate effects of veterinary chemicals on dung flies. SETAC, Vienna.
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. 2002. Sexual differences in the flight performance of the oriental fruit moth, Cydia molesta. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 103(2):171-182.
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. 2001. Cydia molesta and Cydia pomonella: comparison of adult behaviour. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin. 24(5):133-138.
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. 1996. Global warming and pest risk assessment. Aspects of Applied Biology. 45:339-342.
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