The aim of research
To provide fruit growers with forecasts of disease and pest development using a decision support system to determine precise time for fungicide and insecticide applications.

The tasks of project:

To provide and maintain a forecast of the development of the harmful organisms in apple orchards using a decision support system and to make information on critical risk periods for harmful organisms freely available on a website
To monitor the development and spread of the harmful organisms in apple orchards where weather stations have been installed and to determine the effectiveness of the plant protection strategy
To develop and test in a field trial different plant protection strategies in line with the predictions of the decision support system, including preparations authorised for organic production
To validate new forecast models under Latvian conditions

Results

The overall environmental load and resistance risk caused by long-term fungicide use to control Venturia inaequalis in apple orchards in Latvia // Plants. Vol.12(3) : 18th International conference of Young scientists on energy and natural sciences issues (CYSENI 2022); (2023), article number 450. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030450. The effectiveness of synthetic and inorganic substances in different apple scab control strategies // Agriculture. Vol.14(3) (2024), article number 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14030383 Primary inoculum of Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Wint. In its asexual form in apple – a review // Frontiers in Horticulture. Vol. 2 (2023), pp.01-07. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhort.2023.1175956

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