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Plant protection systems of the future

Location

Flakkebjerg Experimantal Station (55° 19' N, 11° 23' E, 34 meters above sea level)

Starting year

The experiment started in 2004.

Soil type(s)

Sandy loam, Typic Agrudalf

Main experimental treatments

  • Traditional plant protection with pesticides and a crop rotation based on practice for Danish plant growers
  • A system agreed with Copenhagen University based on the One Crop Health project
  • Agroecological principles. Implemented with large input from non-chemical, preventive and cultural plant protection methods
  • Digital plant protection with extensive use of new technologies such as drones, robots, sensors and other electronic equipment for both registration of predators and carrying out treatments directly.
  • Dynamic conservation agriculture with minimum tillage and maximum plant cover in time and space.

Sample archive

The archive contains samples of crops and soils for the whole period.