Breeding for IPM to boost sustainable crop protection in Europe
2018
Lamichhane, Jay Ram
There are several public policy initiatives in Europe to reduce reliance of European cropping systems on conventional pesticides through Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The latter integrates a range of preventative and control measures to reduce pest (pathogens, animal pests and weeds) pressures at all spatial levels from fields to landscapes. Among the preventive measures, crop diversification represents a key component of IPM as recommended by the Directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides. Nevertheless, currently, European farmers do not have access to sufficient numbers and diversity of crop species/varieties. This prevents them from designing cropping systems more resilient to abiotic and biotic stresses. This talk briefly provides an overview of how breeding for IPM that targets to breed crops adaptable to a range of pedo-climatic conditions will promote IPM with the goal of reducing reliance on conventional pesticides.
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