Descripción del proyecto
Una solución innovadora para proteger los cereales de las plagas
Las plagas de insectos pueden provocar la degradación de los cereales, grandes pérdidas poscosecha y, en consecuencia, pérdidas económicas, por lo que el uso de productos fitosanitarios (PFS) está muy generalizado en el almacenamiento de cereales. En la Unión Europea (UE), sin embargo, el aumento de la resistencia a los insecticidas ha motivado una necesidad apremiante para desarrollar soluciones específicas contra la proliferación de insectos en todas sus etapas del desarrollo, especialmente durante la fase larvaria. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos novIGRain diseñará un nuevo tipo de PFS para el tratamiento larvicida, así como una tecnología versátil de aplicación doble. La investigación corroborará que el uso de la nueva sustancia activa larvicida y su formulación como PFS para el almacenamiento de cereales está acorde con la normativa de la UE. Gracias al nuevo insecticida para la protección de granos y la tecnología de aplicación, el proyecto evitará y reducirá eficazmente la resistencia a los insecticidas en la UE, para ofrecer un producto de mayor seguridad para la salud de los consumidores y el medio ambiente.
Objetivo
Within the novIGRain project the aim is to start from a scientific resistance assessment and develop a new type of Plant Protection Product (PPP) for larvicide treatment in combination with a versatile application technology. It has to be researched whether or not this larvicide active substance – that is assumed to be applied in ultra-low volumes (ULV) – is in line with the overall legal framework so that it can be used as grain storage Grain Production Product. The benefits of this new product are multiple, but most important are: (i) it will broaden the available active substance spectra in the field of PPPs, which is important for the prevention of the development of increased insecticide resistance in the EU, (ii) as it is a larvicide, it has a unique mode of action and allows precise targeting of insect development stages, (iii) it has improved health safety characteristics, which is important for the product users and grain consumers, (iv) as it has less hazardous residues (v) the product is highly effective, (vi) it would represent economic benefits for the EU, as there are lower export restrictions given the product’s characteristics.
The new application technology will aim to allow the combination of multiple PPP’s (larvicides simultaneously with adulticides) which is expected to not only have a positive impact on the risk of resistance development, but will also lower the amount of adulticides required for proper management, which results in less human and environmental exposure and cost savings. The combination of the larvicide and adulticides will be tested (field trials), which will provide the up-to-date information on the area of use for integration in IPM systems. Once the tools, product and technology have been developed, a detailed impact assessment will be performed, in combination with several stakeholders’ interaction and demonstration activities, which assure the broad dissemination of the project results.
Ámbito científico
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SFS-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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