Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk
The European Green Deal aims to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by half by 2030. Decision support systems are tools to help farmers schedule fungicide spraying based on disease risk and can reduce fungicide application frequency and overall use. However, the potential benefit of decision suppo...
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| description | The European Green Deal aims to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by half by 2030. Decision support systems are tools to help farmers schedule fungicide spraying based on disease risk and can reduce fungicide application frequency and overall use. However, the potential benefit of decision support systems compared to traditional calendar-based strategies has not yet been rigorously quantified. Here we synthesise 80 experiments and show that globally decision support systems can reduce fungicide treatments by at least 50% without compromising disease control. For a given fixed number of fungicide sprays, decision support systems were as effective as calendar-based programs in reducing disease incidence. When the number of sprays was halved, the increase in disease incidence was lower for decision support system-based strategies than calendar-based strategies. Our findings suggest that decision support systems can reduce fungicide use while limiting the risk to plant health and resistance development. |
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| spelling | ReDivia76902025-04-25T14:48:29Z Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk Lázaro, Elena Makowski, David Vicent, Antonio Environmental studies H20 Plant diseases N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment T01 Pollution U10 Mathematical and statistical methods Agriculture Environmental impact Plant sciences Sustainability decision support systems Fungicides The European Green Deal aims to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by half by 2030. Decision support systems are tools to help farmers schedule fungicide spraying based on disease risk and can reduce fungicide application frequency and overall use. However, the potential benefit of decision support systems compared to traditional calendar-based strategies has not yet been rigorously quantified. Here we synthesise 80 experiments and show that globally decision support systems can reduce fungicide treatments by at least 50% without compromising disease control. For a given fixed number of fungicide sprays, decision support systems were as effective as calendar-based programs in reducing disease incidence. When the number of sprays was halved, the increase in disease incidence was lower for decision support system-based strategies than calendar-based strategies. Our findings suggest that decision support systems can reduce fungicide use while limiting the risk to plant health and resistance development. 2021-10-26T11:01:02Z 2021-10-26T11:01:02Z 2021 article publishedVersion Lázaro, E., Makowski, D. & Vicent, A. (2021). Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk. Commun Earth Environ 2, 224. 2662-4435 (online) http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7690 10.1038/s43247-021-00291-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00291-8#citeas en info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Programa estatal de i+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad/RTA2013-00004-C03-02//Control integrado de enfermedades fúngicas en frutales mediterráneos: detección masiva temprana, modelos epidemiológicos y optimización de las aplicaciones fungicidas info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Programa estatal de i+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad/RTA2017-00009-C04-02//Modelización de componentes epidemiológicas de las principales enfermedades fúngicas que afectan a la parte aérea del almendro This research was partially funded by grants RTA2013-00004-C03-02 and RTA2017- 00009-C04-02 FEDER INIA AEI Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain, by the French CLAND Institute of Convergence (16-CONV-0003) and by French Network for Data Analysis in Agriculture (RMT SDMAA). Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess Springer Nature electronico |
| spellingShingle | Environmental studies H20 Plant diseases N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment T01 Pollution U10 Mathematical and statistical methods Agriculture Environmental impact Plant sciences Sustainability decision support systems Fungicides Lázaro, Elena Makowski, David Vicent, Antonio Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk |
| title | Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk |
| title_full | Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk |
| title_fullStr | Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk |
| title_short | Decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar-based strategies without increasing disease risk |
| title_sort | decision support systems halve fungicide use compared to calendar based strategies without increasing disease risk |
| topic | Environmental studies H20 Plant diseases N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment T01 Pollution U10 Mathematical and statistical methods Agriculture Environmental impact Plant sciences Sustainability decision support systems Fungicides |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7690 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00291-8#citeas |
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