Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVII, Issue 1
Written by Daniel JALOBA, Andrei CHIRILOAIE-PALADE, Cristina Maria LUMÎNARE, Valentin-Marius CIONTU
Integrated Pest Management refers to a control system of harmful organisms designed to help farmers fight pests effectively by choosing the most appropriate technological, physical, chemical and biological practices to ensure a high yield, in terms of quantity and quality, and to be friendly to the environment and human health. Consequently, the European Union requires the application of several principles of Integrated Pest Management that fit within sustainable farm management. In sweet cherry orchards the combination of non-chemical methods that may be individually less efficient than pesticides can generate valuable synergies. In Dobroudja region, Constanta county, in sweet cherry orchards, it was successfully managed to integrate appropriate practices that discouraged the development of pests and limited the number of phytosanitary treatments to the minimum necessary level. A high level of yield was obtained to varieties Kordia, Van and Skeena, assessed in 2022.
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