Abstract
BACKGROUND: Integrated pest management (IPM) uses thresholds to minimize pesticide use, and field monitoring of damaging organisms is an important component to evaluate whether or not thresholds have been breached. However, monitoring requires time and knowledge which impacts costs and benefits. In this study, we evaluated the effects of using insect pest thresholds on time effort, frequency of insecticide treatment and economics in comparison with common farm practices (business as usual) in winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB) and winter oilseed rape (OSR). This study was done over 2 years (2018 to 2020) on 24 conventionally managed farms in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). RESULTS: /season). The use of insecticides in OSR was significantly reduced by 42% in comparison to business as usual. In cereal crops, the use of insecticide treatment was reduced by 50% but this was not significantly different to business as usual. Yields were not significantly reduced when crops were managed in accordance with IPM, and negative differences were small and not significant. However, economically, the costs of monitoring can only be recovered when labor costs and commodity prices are low and insecticide cost is high. CONCLUSION: Insect pest thresholds can help link the policy and environmental goals of insecticide reduction and the agronomic goal of production security. In the future, the time and cost required for monitoring should be reduced through intelligent solutions and tools, increasing the economic viability of monitoring and IPM. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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Claim · model-written summary
Using insect pest thresholds reduced insecticide use in winter oilseed rape by 42% compared with business as usual.
- Taxon
- winter oilseed rape
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Brassica napuse0 - Treatment
- insect pest thresholdse0
- Outcome
- use of insecticidese1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 42%e1
- Comparator
- business as usuale1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Brassica_napus_-_Habit.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“we evaluated the effects of using insect pest thresholds on time effort, frequency of insecticide treatment and economics in comparison with common farm practices (business as usual) in winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB) and winter oilseed rape (OSR)”
e1“The use of insecticides in OSR was significantly reduced by 42% in comparison to business as usual”
Claim · model-written summary
In cereal crops, insecticide treatment use was reduced by 50% but not significantly different from business as usual.
- Taxon
- winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB)
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Hordeum vulgare
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- insect pest thresholdse0
- Outcome
- use of insecticide treatmente2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Value
- 50%e2
- Comparator
- business as usuale2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“we evaluated the effects of using insect pest thresholds on time effort, frequency of insecticide treatment and economics in comparison with common farm practices (business as usual) in winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB) and winter oilseed rape (OSR)”
e2“In cereal crops, the use of insecticide treatment was reduced by 50% but this was not significantly different to business as usual”
Claim · model-written summary
Yields were not significantly reduced when winter cereals and oilseed rape were managed with IPM.
- Taxon
- winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB)Hordeum vulgareTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- managed in accordance with IPMe3
- Outcome
- Yieldse3
- Direction
- not significantly reducede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“we evaluated the effects of using insect pest thresholds on time effort, frequency of insecticide treatment and economics in comparison with common farm practices (business as usual) in winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB) and winter oilseed rape (OSR)”
e3“Yields were not significantly reduced when crops were managed in accordance with IPM”
Claim · model-written summary
The costs of monitoring can only be recovered when labor costs and commodity prices are low and insecticide cost is high.
- Taxon
- winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB)Hordeum vulgareTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- monitoringe4
- Outcome
- costs of monitoring can only be recoverede4
- Qualifier
- when labor costs and commodity prices are low and insecticide cost is highe4
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“we evaluated the effects of using insect pest thresholds on time effort, frequency of insecticide treatment and economics in comparison with common farm practices (business as usual) in winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB) and winter oilseed rape (OSR)”
e4“the costs of monitoring can only be recovered when labor costs and commodity prices are low and insecticide cost is high”
Claim · model-written summary
Insect pest thresholds can help link the policy and environmental goals of insecticide reduction with production security.
- Taxon
- winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB)Hordeum vulgareTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- insect pest thresholdse5
- Outcome
- insecticide reductione5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“we evaluated the effects of using insect pest thresholds on time effort, frequency of insecticide treatment and economics in comparison with common farm practices (business as usual) in winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB) and winter oilseed rape (OSR)”
e5“Insect pest thresholds can help link the policy and environmental goals of insecticide reduction”
Claim · model-written summary
The time and cost required for monitoring should be reduced through intelligent solutions and tools.
- Taxon
- winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB)Hordeum vulgareTriticum aestivume0
- Outcome
- the time and cost required for monitoringe6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“we evaluated the effects of using insect pest thresholds on time effort, frequency of insecticide treatment and economics in comparison with common farm practices (business as usual) in winter wheat (WW), winter barley (WB) and winter oilseed rape (OSR)”
e6“the time and cost required for monitoring should be reduced through intelligent solutions and tools”
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