Field Crops
The production of healthy, high-quality field crops using inexpensive and environmentally friendly methods – this is the aim of Agroscope’s research and development work in the Arable Production sphere.
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Field-Crop Systems
By focusing on tillage, ground cover and crop rotation, Agroscope contributes to sustainable production systems.
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Plant Protection in Field Crops
The research carried out by Agroscope contributes to finding practical solutions for crop protection problems in agriculture.
Principles of fertilisation of agricultural crops in Switzerland (PRIF 2017)
Fertiliser application in plant production is of vital importance for agricultural practitioners and advisers. With the new ‘Principles of Agricultural Crop Fertilisation in Switzerland’ (GRUD/PRIF 2017), Agroscope has for the first time combined fertilisation recommendations for all crops grown in Switzerland in a single interpretative document.
Seed certification and testing
The certification of cereals, grain legumes, maize and forage plants is one of the enforcement tasks performed by Agroscope. Agroscope performs quality testing on over 6000 seed samples of over 200 different plant species annually.
