Decision Support System for Pest Management Using Biological Control Organisms

Acebedo, Miguel M.; Navarro, M. J.; Diaz, John

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2004.659.37

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“…In their section on pest control, these regulations listed both the autochthonous biological control organisms to be respected and the commercial ones that could be used, while stressing the importance of prioritizing the use of these organisms rather than phytosanitary products. Consequently, there was a sound base of technical knowledge on which to build up a system of pest control in which pesticides played a secondary role [7], allowing the creation of a public database on biological control organisms to control pest training use [8]. However, until the 2006/07 growing season, the farms which took advantage of this knowledge were like isolated "islands" which were seriously affected by the sea of neighboring farms surrounding them which continued to employ chemical substances for pest control.…”

Section: How To Modify the Agrosystemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Almeria’s Green Pest Management Revolution: An Opportunity That Arose from a Food Safety Alert

2022

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Almería, a province of Spain, is the leader in horticultural production on a Spanish and European scale. The specific conditions of greenhouse cultivation favor plant development, but also the proliferation of pests. This high incidence of pests was controlled in the past mainly by means of chemical phytosanitary treatments. The aim of the present work has been to analyze the tools facilitated by the Andalusian Government (Junta de Andalucía) to replace the usual pest management process, taking advantage of the context of the food safety alert arising from the detection of isophenphos-methyl in peppers from the province of Almeria in December 2007. The results illustrate that, unlike many programs of public subsidies which involve long-term expenditure, the aid in question took advantage of the socioeconomic situation following the food safety alert. The program led to substantial economic savings and met its objectives swiftly, achieving excellent results in terms of removing most of the pesticides used in the “conventional production system”. In the 2006–2007 season, only 515 hectares in Almería used biological control organisms, four years later, it reached 20,081 hectares, and the average area during the last ten years was 24,953 hectares. This shows that Almeria’s green pest management revolution had been consolidated.

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Section: How To Modify the Agrosystemmentioning

confidence: 99%