Schrauwers, A. (author) Each year in the Netherlands alone, some 8,000 tons of pesticides are sprayed onto crops. Some of this is used inside greenhouses, on plants, flowers, and fruit. The problem with spraying is that a large part of the pesticide, something like 80%, ends up anywhere but on the plant. This is not only a waste of material, it also puts the...
journal article 2003