project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group

Development of surveying and regulating measures on selected animal pests in sugar beet growing
Aufbau von Erhebungs- und Regulierungsmaßnahmen zu ausgewählten tierischen Schädlingen im Zuckerrübenanbau

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Completed | 2019 - 2022 Austria
Completed | 2019 - 2022 Austria
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Context

The framework conditions for the cultivation of sugar beets in Austria, an important arable crop of social, regional, and strategic interest, have considerably changed in the course of the past few years. On the one hand changes in the global supply and demand conditions entail increasingly price risks and changing production requirements bring about new challenges in the cultivation. On the other hand, due to the changing climatic conditions pests, to which little attention has been paid so far, occur frequently, such as the beet weevil, the hop flea beetle, and in particular aphids. They confront farms with enormous problems. The knowledge about the pests relevant to farmers (such as population developments and spreading areas) is still fragmentary. Moreover, there exist no warning activities on beet pests in Austria at the moment. Besides, pest control in sugar beet farming is getting more and more difficult. as the use of insecticides is only possible to a limited extent. A possible approach is the targeted selection of catch crops, which are frequently integrated in beet farming and have a great influence on insect populations (pests, as well as beneficials and pollinators). However, also in this respect there is a lack of practical knowledge as regards optimal varieties, mixtures and cultivation in order to reduce the occurrence of pests to a minimum extent and to offer beneficials optimal conditions at the same time.

Objectives

The project aims at developing measures for integrated plant protection in sugar beet growing. On the one hand a new warning service for beet pests is being developed, and on the other hand the greening of sugar beets as regards the regulation of pest populations as well as promoting the attractiveness for pollinators is being optimized. In this way a concrete basis for decisions is developed, by means of which the risk of production losses can be reduced and changed framework conditions can be addressed in a better way. This contributes to safeguarding domestic sugar beet farming on a long-term basis and to making it fit for the future.

Objectives

Ziel des Projektes ist es, Maßnahmen für den integrierten Pflanzenschutz im Rübenanbau zu entwickeln. Einerseits wird ein neues Warndienstsystem für Rübenschädlinge aufgebaut, andererseits wird die Begrünung vor Zuckerrüben hinsichtlich der Regulierung von Schaderregerpopulation sowie der Attraktivität für Bestäuber optimiert. Dadurch entsteht eine konkrete Entscheidungsgrundlage, durch die das Risiko von Produktionsausfällen reduziert und auf geänderte Rahmenbedingungen besser eingegangen werden kann. Dies trägt dazu bei den heimischen Rübenanbau langfristig abzusichern und fit für die Zukunft zu machen.

Activities

Important project steps are:
1. Development of recording systems for flea beetle and aphid. Data transmission and quality assurance systems and their integration in existing warning services
2. Examination of the effects of seed treatment on the damage potential of beet pests
3. Development of a recording system for the beet weevil and integration in existing warning systems
4. Examination of greening strategies with respect to their influence on pest populations and biodiversity
 

Activities

Wesentliche Projektschritte sind:
1. Entwicklung von Erfassungssystemen für Erdfloh und Blattlaus, Daten-übermittlungs- sowie Qualitätssicherungssystemen und die Eingliederung dieser in bestehende Warndienstsysteme
2. Untersuchung des Effekts von Saatgutbehandlung auf das Schadpotenzial von Rübenschädlingen
3. Entwicklung eines Rübenderbrüssler Erfassungssystems und Eingliederung in bestehende Warndienstsysteme
4. Untersuchung von Begrünungsstrategien auf ihren Einfluss auf Schädlingspopulationen und die Biodiversität

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014AT06RDNP001 Austria - Rural Development Programme (National)
Location
Main geographical location
Wiener Umland/Nordteil
Other geographical location
Weinviertel, Nordburgenland

EUR 399 884.00

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

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