Control

The use of antibiotics is not permitted in Switzerland; moreover, no other medication exists to combat European foul brood. Hives with symptoms must therefore be destroyed in order to limit the outbreak, and the contaminated material must be sanitised. Since prevention is the best cure, early detection is desirable. Numerous studies have been undertaken and documents have been created at the Swiss Bee Research Centre and elsewhere to draw the attention of beekeepers to these problems and inform them about the causes and the control measures to be implemented.

Merkblatt zur erkennung von Bienenbrutkrankheiten (German (PDF, 357 kB, 18.10.2017) and French (PDF, 226 kB, 02.02.2017))
M. Tschumi (2011)

Crop yield following barley, ryegrass ley, or a ryegrass-clover mixture in crop rotations.

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Huguenin-Elie O., Lüscher A., Suter M.

Crop yield following barley, ryegrass ley, or a ryegrass-clover mixture in crop rotations.

Grassland Science in Europe, 28, 2023, 222-224.

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Link: Grassland Science in Europe Vol. 28

Abstract:

How type and duration of leys affect carryover nitrogen to following crops is still poorly quantified. We established ten crop rotations to compare effects of: (1) leys during 18 or 30 months; (2) legumes, either as clover in leys or as grain legume; and (3) improved soil cover by catch crops. We assess effects on the yield and N nutrition of the crops, as well as on the N efficiency of the entire crop rotation. At this midstage of the experiment, we compare the effects of a perennial ryegrass-red clover mixture, a pure ryegrass ley, a barley-catch crop and a barley-fallow sequence on the yield of following spring wheat and pea crops. The leys and the barley were established in autumn 2020. In early spring 2022, stands were terminated to plant either wheat or peas. Wheat yield following grass-clover ley was on average 46% larger than following barley or pure grass. Pure grass did not benefit wheat yield compared to barley. After a single catch crop period, the effect of improved soil cover was trending beneficial for both peas and wheat, but differences were not significant. We conclude from these preliminary results that grass-clover is a clearly superior preceding crop for spring wheat compared to pure grass or barley.

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