Identifying obstacles and ranking common biological control research priorities for Europe to manage most economically important pests in arable,vegetable and perennial crops |
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| Authors: | Jay Ram Lamichhane Monika Bischoff‐Schaefer Sylvia Bluemel Silke Dachbrodt‐Saaydeh Laure Dreux Jean‐Pierre Jansen Jozsef Kiss Jürgen Köhl Per Kudsk Thibaut Malausa Antoine Messéan Philippe C Nicot Pierre Ricci Jérôme Thibierge François Villeneuve |
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| Institution: | 1. Eco‐Innov Research Unit, INRA, Thiverval‐Grignon, France;2. Plant Pathology Research Unit, INRA, France;3. Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn‐Institut, Kleinmachnow, Germany;4. Institute of Plant Health, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria;5. Life Science Department, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Gembloux, Belgium;6. Plant Protection Institute, Szent Istvan University, G?d?ll?, Hungary;7. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Biointeractions and Plant Health, Wageningen, The Netherlands;8. Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark;9. INRA, Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355‐7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France;10. Invivo AGRINOVEX, Ferme du Corbeau, Milly‐la‐Forêt, France;11. Ctifl, Centre de Lanxade, Prigonrieux, France |
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| Abstract: | EU agriculture is currently in transition from conventional crop protection to integrated pest management (IPM). Because biocontrol is a key component of IPM, many European countries recently have intensified their national efforts on biocontrol research and innovation (R&I), although such initiatives are often fragmented. The operational outputs of national efforts would benefit from closer collaboration among stakeholders via transnationally coordinated approaches, as most economically important pests are similar across Europe. This paper proposes a common European framework on biocontrol R&I. It identifies generic R&I bottlenecks and needs as well as priorities for three crop types (arable, vegetable and perennial crops). The existing gap between the market offers of biocontrol solutions and the demand of growers, the lengthy and expensive registration process for biocontrol solutions and their varying effectiveness due to variable climatic conditions and site‐specific factors across Europe are key obstacles hindering the development and adoption of biocontrol solutions in Europe. Considering arable, vegetable and perennial crops, a dozen common target pests are identified for each type of crop and ranked by order of importance at European level. Such a ranked list indicates numerous topics on which future joint transnational efforts would be justified. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry |
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| Keywords: | beneficials biopesticides biomolecules European research networking innovation integrated pest management semiochemicals sustainable agriculture |
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