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CROPROTECT

web based knowledge exchange for crop

protection

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http://croprotect.rothamsted.ac.uk/

112 pioneer users

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CROPROTECT

is a web-based knowledge exchange system to provide farmers and agronomists with guidance on pest, weed and disease management

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Information is needed because crop protection is becoming more difficult due to pesticide resistance and restrictions on use

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Information is needed because crop protection is becoming more difficult due to pesticide resistance and restrictions on use

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Information is needed because crop protection is becoming more difficult due to pesticide resistance and restrictions on use

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Why is it needed?

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EC Directive 2009-128

A framework “Promoting the use of IPM and of alternative approaches”

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Promoting IPM and use of alternatives

Reducing risks and impacts of

pesticide use on human health

and environment

Development of “Alternatives” is urgently needed

EC Directive 2009-128

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Development of “Alternatives” is urgently needed

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CROPROTECT

Better access to info about crop protection

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Ag extension networks

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CROPROTECT

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Information sources

Grower input on their local crop protection challenges

Information delivery - solutions relevant to the location & its specific problems

Information processing + design of IPM systems

Geographic information system Include cropping history

Web portal

Which pests, weeds, diseases are a problem?

Novel combinations of tactics

New solutions as alternatives to pesticides

Industry and academic Identify best practices for pest management

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Partners

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Partners

diseases weeds web

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@croprotect

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Pioneer users

We ask users what there priority pest, weed and disease targets are

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TARGET MENTIONS Aphid 35 Slugs 32 Black grass 30 septoria 27 yellow rust 19 cleavers 16 cabbage stem flea beetle 15 light leaf spot 15 fusarium head blight 14 annual meadow grass 13 brome 13 charlock 13 phoma 13 pollen beetle 12 sclerotinia 12 wild oats 12 chocolate spot 11 brown rust 10 dock 10 early blight (alternaria) 10 bruchid beetle 9 chickweed 9 Nematodes 9 net blotch 9 rhynchosporium 9 cranesbill 8 leatherjackets 8 pea & bean weevil 8 powdery mildew 8 barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 7 broad leaved weeds (generic BLW) 7 crown rust 7 late blight (phytophthora) 7 mayweed 7 orange wheat blossom midge 7 ryegrass 7 thistles 7 turnip yellows virus (TuYV) 7 downy mildew 6 fat hen 6

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Website is live:

http://croprotect.rothamsted.ac.uk/

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Pest info http://croprotect.rothamsted.ac.uk/pests

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Weed info http://croprotect.rothamsted.ac.uk/weeds

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Disease info http://croprotect.rothamsted.ac.uk/diseases

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Website is live:

http://croprotect.rothamsted.ac.uk/

Smartphone App will be coming soon

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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club (SARIC)