These innovative measures, which are currently being developed and should be available to farmers over the next five to 10 years, have been assessed by the experts working on ENDURE’s MBCS Case Study for their potential to reduce pesticide use and the dependence on pesticides in maize, thus promoting the implementation of Integrated Pest Management.
The first of the new leaflets, Number 2: General Recommendations for IPM Development in European Maize Based Cropping Systems: Innovative Methods and Tools , explains the background to the study. This involved expert-based surveys in four European regions: a northern region comprising Denmark, The Netherlands, northern Germany and northern Poland, a typical central-eastern region represented by Hungary, a south-western region represented by Spain’s Ebro valley and a southern region represented by Italy’s Po valley.
These surveys, which included the participation of experts from academic institutes, advisory services, agrochemical companies, agrochemical dealers and producers, has allowed the team to determine the potential negative, neutral or positive impacts that innovative IPM tools could have on MBCSs designed to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides, taking into account agronomic, environmental, economic and social criteria.
This work highlighted five IPM tools with an overall positive impact. These tools have a positive impact on all four criteria mentioned above, and were identified and recommended in all four regions under consideration. The composition and sequence of crop rotations, albeit with some concerns relating to their economic impact, were also recommended for future implementation in European MBCSs.
These IPM tools are:
- Tolerant or resistant non-GM maize cultivars
- Early detection methods
- Pest and disease forecasting models
- Precision or patch spraying using GPS spray maps
- Community based decisions through information sharing
- Composition and sequence of the crop rotation
Four leaflets then examine in detail the innovative IPM tools that can be recommended in each specific region. In the table below you can view the contents of each leaflet and download them.
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Guide Number 2: General Recommendations for IPM Development in European Maize Based Cropping Systems: Innovative Methods and Tools
- Tolerant or resistant non-GM maize cultivars
- Early detection methods
- Pest and disease forecasting models
- Precision or patch spraying using GPS spray maps
- Community based decisions through information sharing
- Composition and sequence of the crop rotation
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Guide Number 3: Innovative IPM Tools for Maize Based Cropping Systems in Northern Europe
- Tolerant or resistant maize cultivars
- Early detection methods and pest and disease forecasting models
- Decision Support Systems (DSS)
- Precision/patch spraying using GPS maps and innovative weed control
- Biological control and conservation biological control
- Crop rotation and cover crops
- Community based decisions through information sharing
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Guide Number 4: Métodos Innovadores en IPM Para Sistemas de Cultivo Basados en el Maíz en el Valle del Ebro, España
- Variedades tolerantes/resistentes
- Métodos de detección precoces
- Modelos de predicción de plagas y enfermedades
- Sistemas de apoyo para la toma de decisiones (DDSs)
- Métodos de precisión para la aplicación localizada de fitosanitarios
- Métodos innovadores de control de malas hierbas
- Métodos innovadores de control de plagas
- Control biológico
- Métodos de decisión a nivel regional
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Guide Number 5: Strumenti Innovativi di IPM Raccomandati per Sistemi Colturali Basati sul Mais in Pianura Padana, Italia
- Cultivars di mais tolleranti/resistenti
- Metodi di riconoscimento precoce
- Modelli di previsione per insetti e malattie
- Modelli per la previsione dell’emergenza delle malerbe
- Decision Support Systems (DSSs)
- Applicazioni di precisione con mappe GPS
- Controllo meccanico innovativo
- Lotta innovativa ai fitofagi
- Lotta biologica conservativa
- Condivisione di informazioni e decisioni
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Guide Number 6: Innovatív integrált növényvédelmi módszerek és eszközök a kukoricára alapozott növénytermesztési rendszerekben
- Az elemzés célja és háttere
- A kukoricára alapozott növénytermesztési rendszerek
- Toleráns és rezisztens (nem GM) kukorica hibridek
- Géntechnológiával módosított (GM) kukoricák termesztése
- Vetésváltási rendszer megfelel? kialakítása
- A károsítók megjelenésének és kártételének korai el?rejelzése
- Zöldtrágya növények szerepe a vetésváltásban
- Takarónövények
- Döntéstámogató rendszerek
- Modellek a kártev?-populációk felszaporodásának el?rejelzésére
- Modellek a gyomszabályozásban
- A hasznos él? szervezetek (ragadozó és parazitoid ízeltlábúak) támogatása
- Precíziós növényvédelem
- Innovatív védekezési lehet?ségek a kártev?kkel szemben
- Kommunikáció és közösségi szint? döntéshozatal
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If you found this article interesting, you may want to consult the following:
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| Maize Based Cropping Systems Case Study Guide Number 1: Maize Based Cropping Systems in Four European Regions: SWOT Analysis and IPM Considerations |
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| Maize Case Study Guide Number 1: Non-chemical Control of Corn Borers Using Trichogramma or Bt Maize |
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| Maize Case Study Guide Number 2: Western Corn Rootworm in Europe: Integrated Pest Management is the Only Sustainable Solution |
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| Maize Case Study Guide Number 3: Prevention Of Ear Rots Due To Fusarium Spp. On Maize And Mycotoxin Accumulation |
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| Integrated Weed Management Case Study Guide Number 1: Maize Cropping With Less Herbicide |
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Report (Deliverable)
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| DR3.7, DR1.18 & DR1.19 Final report on the Maize Case Study |
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| Maize: weed control with fewer chemicals |
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| Catch up with maize case study |
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