Vallevecchia

Open farm – open protocols 12nd July 2013

PURE: MAIZE IPM IN THE FUTURE

July  12nd: compulsory IPM in arable crop: come and see how to do!!

On the 12nd of July‚ in theafternoon‚ it will be possible to visit all the PURE trials in Vallevecchia pilot farm and PURE field (Pesticide Use–and–Risk reduction in Europeanfarming systems with Integrated Pest Management‚ FP7‚ 2011–2015). It will be possible to see:

• IPM TOOLS FOR ARABLE CROPS BULLETIN: light rap‚ pheromone traps‚ sticky traps‚ provisional models‚ ...
• IPM AGAINST SOIL PESTS: traps for click beetles/wireworm monitoring‚ thresholds‚ risk factors‚ strips untreated and treated with soil insecticides to assess reliability of the predictions;
• HERBICIDE REDUCTION: herbicide pre–emergence treatment in band of 30–40 cm compared with broadcast pre emergence conventional treatment;
• IPM AGAINST ECB: biological tools (Biobit^®) in comparison with conventional (pyrethroids) treatments against ECB (Ostrinia nubilalis);
• BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF ECB BY TRICHOGRAMMA:

And many other innovative trials for Sustainable Agriculture

For information mail to: bollettino.erbacee@venetoagricoltura.org or call: 0039 345 5819635