Plant Protection

PROFITABLE AGRICULTURE WITH LESS HERBICIDES? It’s possible!

June 25, 2018

The massive use of herbicides in agriculture is a question. But could we do without it? To find out, INRA has been experimenting for 12 years in Burgundy. The research engineer Nicolas Munier-Jolain draws up a rather positive assessment of these crop protection systems. Using some levers, the amount of herbicides used was divided by 3! The plants weeds , more […]

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Is a “super-resistant” insect threatening global agriculture?

May 16, 2018

Two insects whose larvae are among the worst pests of agriculture have hybridized. Result: voracious parasites and, especially, multi-resistant to pesticides. What cause considerable agricultural losses. This is a very frightening discovery made by two researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), an Australian research organization. Two of the most devastating insects for crops have crossed to give birth to […]

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