Aarhus, Denmark
June 24, 2011
How efficient are the commonly used fungicides in potatoes? How well do the individual herbicides work against black-grass? Does the insecticide Steward have a good effect against pollen beetles in rapeseed?
The answers to these questions and more regarding pesticides in agricultural crops can be found in a new report published by the Department of Integrated Pest Management at Aarhus University. The report contains results from a series of studies with pesticides carried out in 2010 in the department’s fields, greenhouses and semi-field.
The publication describes the effects of new pesticides, including problems with pesticide resistance. It also includes results from various control strategies, including how specific weeds, diseases and pests can be controlled as part of an integrated control strategy in which varieties and control threshold are taken into consideration.
The studies covered control of fungal diseases in cereals, maize, sugar beets and potatoes, control strategies in various cereal varieties, control of selected pests in crops, and control of black-grass. The report also describes the results from herbicide and growth regulator tests.
The new report also describes the 2010 growing season with regard to climate conditions and plant diseases and contains an overview of chemicals.
The report (in Danish) "Pesticidafprøvning 2010, DJF rapport Markbrug nr. 148, marts 2011" can be downloaded here.
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