Symposium committee
Falko Feldmann
German Society for Plant Protection and Plant Health (DPG) & Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Braunschweig, DE
Johannes Jehle
Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Darmstadt, DE
Manfred Raupp
Biofector Project, Madora, Lörrach, DE
Günter D. Neumann
BONARES-Projekt DiControl
Klára Bradáčová & Markus Weinmann
University of Hohenheim, Hohenheim , DE
Ewa Matyjaszczyk
European Plant Protection Organsiation (EPPO), Paris, FR
Martin Kulhánek
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ
Ciprian George Fora
Banat`s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" , RO
José Pereira Silva Junior
EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo, BR
Biostimulants, soil improvers, bioprotectants: promoters of bio-intensification in plant production
X. Symposium "Plant Protection and Plant Health International"
Save the date: 23 November 2021, 11:00-17:00 (MEZ, UTC +1)
Video Conference
The symposium topic
Production systems are considered as “sustainable” if input provides stable output with a minimum of unfavourable side effects on the environment. Many current plant production systems are characterized by rapidly grown, highly extractive plant varieties creating imbalanced ecological interrelationships. The respective inputs are mostly of chemical-synthetic nature, including mineral fertilizers, plant protection agents, growth regulators etc., because they can be handled rather efficiently with predictable success and partially replace or complement natural adaptations for nutrient acquisition and stress resilience.
However, our view on modern agriculture is changing: integrated plant production means intensification of using natural components in plant production systems. Due to environmental issues, use of chemical-synthetical components should be minimized. In this context, establishing a more holistic, agro-ecological approach is necessary.
The transformation process from the current conventional to more sustainable, future-oriented production is essential: Which strategies are most promising? Do we need marketed products for a bio-intensification of our production system? Are all necessary components legally authorised for the producers?
Accordingly, this symposium will deal with two major questions:
How can soil improvers, biostimulants, and bioprotectants help to promote and boost the bio-intensification?
Can we find management options to re-establish natural cycles helping us to equilibrate the system during production?
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Innovative biological techniques for IPM and their regulatory implications
IX. Symposium on Plant Protection and Health in Europe
19-20 November 2019
Julius Kühn-Institut - Braunschweig - Germany
The symposium topic
The regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 provides the regulatory framework to place plant protection products on the market. At the same time directive 2009/128/EC aims to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU and defines how Integrated Plant Protection should be performed supported by national Action Plans. One of the most important actions is the stimulation of different products proved to have a lower health and environmental risk than conventional pesticides.
These products we want to speak about are often materials that are biologically-derived or, if synthetic, structurally similar and functionally identical to a biologically occurring material. Microorganism, plant extracts, basic substances, semiochemicals, as well as non-pesticidal products like biostimulants, biological yield enhancers, plant health promoters, and soil conditioners are a matter of discussion.
For all of them we use the widely known term “biorationals“, as an operative expression to speak about certain kinds of components of plant protection strategies, which are assumed to have advantages concerning risk characteristics on the one hand while at the same time provide acceptable efficacy in reducing pest impact. Nevertheless it is not our intention to propose a new legal category.
Due to the progress in science and driven by ten years of experience with regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and directive 2009/128/EC (and the related regulatory framework) it is necessary to highlight and discuss exemplary aspects of new developments and to reflect experiences made with biorationals within the existing regulatory framework.
The discussion should elucidate critical aspects which impede the efficient introduction of biorationals on the market and preview difficulties of new technologies with the regulatory framework.
Symposium committee
Falko Feldmann & Gerd Stammler
German Society for Plant Protection and Plant Health (DPG) Braunschweig, DE
Johannes Jehle
Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Darmstadt, DE
Carmen Büttner
Humboldt University (HU), Berlin, DE
Ewa Matyjaszczyk
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute (IPP-NRI), Poznan, PL
Manfred Raupp
Biofector Project, Madora, Lörrach, DE
Brigitte Kranz
International Biocontrol Manufactures Association, Stuttgart, DE/AT
VIII. Symposium on Plant Protection and Health in Europe
13.-14. December 2017 Julius Kühn-Institut, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig
Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – Projectnumber 394722738