craw protection agents must become more sustainable . The EU and the Dutch authorities therefore accord penchant to biological agent that work on the basis of micro - organisms and insects . However , unexampled enquiry conducted by Wageningen University & Research ( WUR ) and other institutes reveals that EU regulations make it unnecessarily expensive , ill-chosen and time - consuming to admit fresh biological harvest protection agents . Fewer sustainable agent based on micro - organism are entering the marketplace as a upshot . This poses an obstacle to the rapid , green transition of agriculture . The findings of this study have been publish in the scientific daybook BioControl .
The study that has now been published – carried out by Jürgen Köhl ( WUR ) , Kees Booij ( WUR ) , Rogier Kolnaar ( Linge Agroconsultancy B.V ) and Willem Ravensberg ( Koppert Biological Systems ) – focalise on the relevancy of sealed EU conditions for the admission of biologic crop protection agents . In this respect condition governing persistence , amongst other things , are imply . An important determination is that the requirements for such agents are too hard-and-fast in a large bit of grammatical case . accordingly , at present it can take as foresightful as five year to let in a biologic pesticide .
originally this year virtually the same squad of researchers published an clause in Frontiers in Plant Science about the mechanism of action of various type of microbial craw protection agents and the risk involved .
Faster , more low-priced admissionJürgen Köhl ( WUR ) , the chief research worker , has this to say : " In both publication we scientifically prove that biological agents should be assessed other than from chemical auspices agents . This is because this does not take place at present tense . As a event , the availability of sustainable protection agents is lagging behind . for take concrete steps towards sustainable Department of Agriculture , biological agents need to be admitted more quick and affordably . "
However , there is still a long direction to go , as is observable from the interim evaluation set out in the sustainability memorandum published by the Ministry of Agriculture , Nature and Food Quality last June , ' Gezonde Groei , Duurzame Oogst ' [ Healthy Growth , Sustainable harvest home ] ( covering the full stop from 2013 to 2023 ) . Its conclusion was that the ecological tone of surface water has not improved sufficiently and that biodiversity is being squeezed .
Environmentally friendly alternativeBiological craw protection mathematical product call for to offer an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical protection agent in European Department of Agriculture and gardening . A transposition to biological protection will be of benefit to the timber of Earth’s surface water and biodiversity .
Source : Wageningen University & Research
