Identifying obstacles and ranking common biological control research priorities for Europe to managemost economically important pests in arable, vegetable and perennial crops

TY - JOUR

T1 - Identifying obstacles and ranking common biological control research priorities for Europe to managemost economically important pests in arable, vegetable and perennial crops

AU - Lamichhane, Jay Ram

AU - Bischoff-Schaefer, Monika

AU - Bluemel, Sylvia

AU - Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, Silke

AU - Dreux, Laure

AU - Jansen, Jean-Pierre

AU - Kiss, Jozsef

AU - Köhl, Jürgen

AU - Kudsk, Per

AU - Malausa, Thibaut

AU - Messéan, Antoine

AU - Nicot, Philippe C.

AU - Ricci, Pierre

AU - Thibierge, Jérome

AU - Villeneuve, Francois

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - beneficials

KW - biopesticides

KW - biomolecules

KW - European research networking

KW - innovation

KW - integrated pest management

KW - semiochemicals

KW - sustainable agriculture

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84999810145

U2 - 10.1002/ps.4423

DO - 10.1002/ps.4423

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27568588

SN - 1526-498X

VL - 73

SP - 14

EP - 21

JO - Pest Management Science

JF - Pest Management Science

IS - 1

ER -