Ctifl organizes national events on fruit stone plant protection. One of the presentation is about the Dephy Expé Ecophyto CAP-ReD project. This project consists in monitoring innovative measures aiming to reduce by 50% the use of chemical plant protection products on the following stone fruit crops: apricots, cherries, as well as Japanese-type, prune-type and Mirabelle plums. The project is a cropping system experimentation network comprising 9 partners (2 INRA research units, Ctifl, and 6 regional experimental stations) located at 9 experimental sites covering France’s main production areas. Its goal is to develop and assess low-chemical, low-input cherry, apricot and plum orchards. Overall, 26 systems are assessed, including 10 used as a reference (REF), which reproduce the practices of local growers, and 16 using less chemicals (ECO).
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