Table 2.
Guided and integrated control programmes applied in Europe. (After van Lenteren 1993b.)
crop | type | elements | area under IPM in Europe/reduction in pesticides on that area |
---|---|---|---|
field vegetables | guided | monitoring–sampling–warning | 5% of total area |
host-plant resistance diseases/pests | 20–80% reduction | ||
cereals | guided | monitoring–sampling–forecasting | 10% of total area |
host-plant resistance diseases | 20–50% reduction | ||
maize | integrated | mechanical weeding–host-plant resistance | 4% of total area |
diseases–biocontrol of insects | 30–50% reduction | ||
vineyards | integrated | biocontrol of mites–host-plant resistance | 20% of total area |
diseases–pheromone mating disruption | 30–50% reduction | ||
olives | integrated | cultural control–biocontrol insects | very limited |
host-plant resistance diseases/pests | |||
monitoring–sampling–pheromones | |||
orchards | guided | monitoring–sampling | 15% of total area |
selective pesticides | 30% reduction | ||
integrated | monitoring–sampling–pheromones | 7% of total area | |
biocontrol–selective pesticides | 50% reduction | ||
host-plant resistance diseases | |||
greenhouse vegetables | integrated | monitoring–sampling–biocontrol | 30% of total area |
pests and diseases–host-plant resistance diseases | 50–99% reduction |