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Development of strategies for controlling lupin weevils (Sitona spp.) in integrated and ecological lupin cropping systems. Subproject 2 (SiLu)
Project
Project code: 2814EPS006
Contract period: 01.03.2015
- 28.02.2018
Purpose of research: Applied research
The primary objective of the project is the development of strategies for controlling lupin weevils and implementing elaborated control measures in integrated as well as ecological cropping systems. This should allow a reliable cultivation of lupins, which is threatened by feeding damage caused by the lupin weevils Sitona gressorius und S. griseus. To ensure an effective and successful pest management appropriate application dates are required. For this purpose a decision support system should be developed as well as a control threshold should be determined. Therefore, an important part of the project is to collect data on the biology of the weevils which present the basis for developing a simulation model for the appearance of the weevils in springtime. In addition, the data are needed to define a control threshold. Furthermore, in greenhouse and laboratory experiments the efficacy of the biological insecticide NeemAzal should be studied and, in the third year, the outcome of these experiments will be employed for a field experiment. Likewise, different ecological control tools using natural products should be evaluated in field trials. In addition, a trap-cropping system should be studied using a lupin cultivar more vulnerable to the pest compared to common varieties. The project plan also involves a close cooperation with the “Modul Modellhafte Demonstrationsnetzwerke” of the Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LfA-MV) to put the findings into practice.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Organic Farming
Framework programme
Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
