Sustainable ways to reduce the use of pesticides in pome and stone fruit production

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Geographical scope	European Union
Keywords	fruit farming integrated pest management (IPM) Pest / disease control pesticide Plant production and horticulture

This EIP-AGRI Focus Group explores alternative methods to pesticides ranging from technology such as sensors and spraying techniques, to redesigning orchards to enhance agro-ecology. The group visited an Operational Group in Italy developing a method using pheromone traps on a regional scale to fight against the marmorated stink bug. The report will soon be published, further information can be found here.

Publication date:

Wednesday, 7 September, 2022 - 17:15