Project Number:
18.05.16.07.01
Project Title:
Prevention and Bio-Compatible Control of Fungal Diseases in Field Crops
Strategic Research Field:
Plant protection
In Switzerland and throughout the world, fungal diseases in field crops lead to significant quantitative and qualitative harvest losses. The National Action Plan for Plant Protection Products focuses on efficient, environmentally sound preventive and non-chemical methods. This project prioritises three of the most important field crops – potatoes, cereals and maize – as well as their pathogens, with the following research objectives:
- To develop alternatives to the use of copper in organic potato farming;
- To reduce silver scurf and Colletotrichum wilt through an improved understanding of their biology;
- To develop methods for the thermal treatment of organic seed for the production of healthy cereals;
- To select Exserohilum turcicum-resistant maize varieties;
- To develop cultivation methods and organic control measures for combating toxigenic fungi in maize and cereals.
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