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Table 6 Ten crops on which antibiotics were most frequently recommended

From: Antibiotic use on crops in low and middle-income countries based on recommendations made by agricultural advisors

Crop

Cases in which antibiotic was included on that crop

Rice

974

Tomato

143

Citrus

117

Paprika

61

Potato

36

Cabbage

35

Eggplants

25

Pumpkin

23

Onions

15

Maize

14

  1. Crop names were grouped and harmonised to allow analysis e.g. “Citrus” is an amalgamation of all named citrus crops