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EcoPêche 2: conceive and evaluate innovative peach orchard management systems to reduce dependance on phytosanitary products
Article number
1352_15
Pages
113 – 120
Language
English
Abstract
EcoPêche 2 (2019-2023) project is financed by the OFB (French Biodiversity Agency) within the framework of the ECOPHYTO Plan and the DEPHY farm network.
The EcoPêche 2 Project follows a previous INRAE-CTIFL co-led project, called EcoPêche 1 (2013-2018), whose aim was to reduce the chemical Treatment Frequency Index (TFI) by 50%. The first project demonstrated that the TFI reduction of 50% could be achieved but the agronomic and techno-economic results decreased to varying degrees depending on the cultivar, climate conditions and pest and disease pressure.
EcoPêche 2 project aims to develop and evaluate innovative peach orchard management systems designed to reduce TFI by 80% compared to a conventional management system.
The project involves 6 partners (CTIFL, INRAE PSH Avignon, INRAE Gotheron, SEFRA, SUDEXPE and CENTREX) evaluating different combinations of levers.
Innovative orchard management systems are compared using a global approach, including environmental, agronomic and techno-economic performance.
Each partner compares different combination of variable to an Integrated Fruit Production (IFP) management.
Many types of variables are mobilized: cultivar choice, orchard management, weed management, biodiversity, phytosanitary protection, and physical variables.
First mid-term network results show that the environmental objectives can be achieved (TFI reduction compared to Integrated fruit Production (IFP): -75% in 2019; -84% in 2020 and -89% in 2021) but involve a loss of production (-20% of commercial yield) and, consequently, important economic losses (partial margin -13 to -16% depending on the year).
The EcoPêche 2 Project follows a previous INRAE-CTIFL co-led project, called EcoPêche 1 (2013-2018), whose aim was to reduce the chemical Treatment Frequency Index (TFI) by 50%. The first project demonstrated that the TFI reduction of 50% could be achieved but the agronomic and techno-economic results decreased to varying degrees depending on the cultivar, climate conditions and pest and disease pressure.
EcoPêche 2 project aims to develop and evaluate innovative peach orchard management systems designed to reduce TFI by 80% compared to a conventional management system.
The project involves 6 partners (CTIFL, INRAE PSH Avignon, INRAE Gotheron, SEFRA, SUDEXPE and CENTREX) evaluating different combinations of levers.
Innovative orchard management systems are compared using a global approach, including environmental, agronomic and techno-economic performance.
Each partner compares different combination of variable to an Integrated Fruit Production (IFP) management.
Many types of variables are mobilized: cultivar choice, orchard management, weed management, biodiversity, phytosanitary protection, and physical variables.
First mid-term network results show that the environmental objectives can be achieved (TFI reduction compared to Integrated fruit Production (IFP): -75% in 2019; -84% in 2020 and -89% in 2021) but involve a loss of production (-20% of commercial yield) and, consequently, important economic losses (partial margin -13 to -16% depending on the year).
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Authors
J. Ruesch, Y. Montrognon, B. Labeyrie, M. Codini, E. Holstalnou, S. Drusch, J. Borg, D. Plenet, V. Gallia, M. Guiraud, C. Mouiren, P. Blanc
Keywords
Prunus persica, cropping system, low pesticide use, multicriteria evaluation, pest and disease management
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