The latest edition of the Journal of Applied Entomology is devoted to maize pests, featuring a detailed overview of ENDURE’s maize case study among 12 papers presented by the International Working Group on Ostrinia and other Maize Pests (IWGO). IWGO, a Global - International Organisation of Biological Control (IOBC) Working Group created in 1968, selected the papers from the 57 oral and 31 poster presentations at its 2009 conference in Germany.
The ENDURE paper, Pests, pesticide use and alternative options in European maize production: current status and future prospects , presents the work of 22 researchers involved in the maize case study, which had four aims:
Details of all four points can be found in the paper, which is available on the Journal of Applied Entomology website, and in addition the research team is producing three leaflets in the From Science to Field series designed to aid agricultural advisers, extension services and farmers.
Two of these, Number 1: Non-chemical Control of Corn Borers Using Trichogramma or Bt Maize and Number 2: Western Corn Rootworm in Europe: Integrated Pest Management is the Only Sustainable Solution , are already available and can be downloaded below, while a third leaflet focusing on Fusarium will be available shortly.
|Number 1: Non-chemical Control of Corn Borers Using Trichogramma or Bt Maize||
Maize Case Study Guide Number 1 [pdf - 1.19 MB]
|Number 2: Western Corn Rootworm in Europe: Integrated Pest Management is the Only Sustainable Solution||
Maize Case Study Guide Number 2 [pdf - 620.64 kB]
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