Field trials in apple orchards with different covering methods to reduce plant protection treatments and yield losses due to pests and diseases.

Kelderer M., Casera C., Lardschneider E., Telfser J. (2018), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Organic Fruit-Growing 2018, 64-70.

According to the principles of organic farming, only natural products and naturally obtained
materials may be used for plant protection. Complicated and costly registration procedures
make it difficult to approve new active ingredients, while the use of some traditional active
ingredients, such as copper, is expected to be further reduced in the future. In short, only a
few effective crop protection products are available for organic farming. In contrast, an
increase in pests and diseases is observed due to climate change and globalization. As
stated in the EU Regulation on Organic Farming, plant health should be preserved by
preventative measures, among these also mechanical and physical methods, which
undoubtedly include net and foil cover systems. Studies conducted over many years at the
RC-Laimburg, working group organic farming, showed that interesting results in the fields of
insect control, disease regulation, reduction of drift, and yield regulation can be achieved.
However, at the moment not all questions regarding side effects, workload, profitability,
landscape and - above all carbon foot print - in comparison to other techniques can be clearly
answered.

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Field trials in apple orchards with different covering methods to reduce plant protection treatments and yield losses due to pests and diseases. () Kelderer M., Casera C., Lardschneider E., Telfser J. (2018). Field trials in apple orchards with different covering methods to reduce plant protection treatments and yield losses due to pests and diseases. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Organic Fruit-Growing 2018, 64-70.

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Ecofruit-Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Organic Fruit-Growing 2018 “Ecofruit” is the continuation of the 17 previous meetings. It aims to bring together European researchers and consultants working on topics related to organic fruit growing. “Ecofruit” gives an opportunity to communicate and discuss latest results connected with organic fruit growing with regard to the improvement of the production system.

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Activity type

Publication in scientific journal (peer review)

Activity work package

Reduction in pesticide residues

Activity number

Laimburg - WP3 - A94

Activity contact

Dr. Markus Kelderer
Laimburg Research Centre
Laimburg 6 - Pfatten
I-39040 Post Auer (BZ), Italy
[email protected]

Activity partner

Laimgurg

Activity country

Italy

Last edit

23-11-2018