Large reductions in pesticides made possible by use of an insect‐trapping lamp: a case study in a winter wheat‐summer maize rotation system

Guo, Liyue; Muminov, Mahmud A.; Wu, Guozhong; Liang, Xing; Li, Caihong; Meng, Jie; Li, Lijun; Cheng, Da; Song, Yanjie; Gu, Xun; Zhao, Jianshe; Jiang, Gaoming

doi:10.1002/ps.4871

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“…The results showed that reducing chemical fertilizer significantly improved the NUE, reduced N leaching (23.7%) and improved the N economic benefit (NEB, 41.8%) as compared to the conventional fertilizer. Guo et al [28] found that when pesticides are reduced by 35-65%, it had no adverse effect on crop yields and thus had the potential to reduce the costs of pest control and produce the greatest economic benefit. Lechenet et al [29] stated that the reduction of pesticide use was one of the critical drivers to preserve the environment and human health.…”

Section: Positive Effects Resulting From Reducing Agrochemical Inputsmentioning

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Agrochemical Input Behavior and Cleaner Production Adoption Willingness of Farmers in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, China

Chuan

Zhao

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei is an important agricultural production area in China, and farmers’ agrochemical input behavior directly affects the risk of agricultural non-point source pollution and the effect of green agricultural development. Based on a questionnaire survey and field interview data, this study investigated the agrochemical input behavior of farmers in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, and analyzed its influencing factors. Using the Probit model, we carried out an empirical study on farmers’ willingness to invest in cleaner production of agrochemicals from four aspects: farmers’ characteristics, agricultural input, environmental awareness and technical cognition. The results showed that the kinds of fertilizer were mainly compound fertilizer, urea and organic fertilizer, and the fertilization method was mainly surface spreading, accounting for 50.6% of the total surveys; the number of agrochemicals was determined chiefly by agricultural sellers, accounting for 55.5%. The proportion of the guidance from technical departments in Beijing was higher than that of Tianjin and Hebei. The first influencing factor for farmers’ behavior towards agrochemical input was the pursuit of high yield and high profit, accounting for 24.9%, 22.6% and 26.0%, respectively. The guidance of relevant technical departments still did not fully cover the use of agrochemicals. The study also found that factors such as the price of farming materials, the price of agricultural products, family income, farmland facilities, government propaganda, technical training and subsidies all impacted the agrochemical input behavior. Pre-production technical guidance and farmers’ awareness significantly affected the willingness to adopt cleaner production. Technical training was helpful to improve farmers’ willingness to participate actively, and enhancing the pertinence of training played an important role in the adoption of cleaner production technology. In conclusion, the influencing factors of farmers’ agrochemical input in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei were complex, and the scientific application level still needs to be improved. This paper finally discusses and puts forward some countermeasures and suggestions for agrochemical reduction and efficiency improvement.

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Agrochemical Input Behavior and Cleaner Production Adoption Willingness of Farmers in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, China

Chuan

Zhao

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…Fertigrain Foliar, a leaf biostimulant that facilitates the vegetative development of plants; promotes better grain ripening; increases ear-grain content; builds stress resistance; improves productivity and yielding capacity; eliminates micronutrient deficiencies. The composition is 5% nitrogen, 40% organic matter, 0.75% zinc, 0.5% manganese, 0.1% copper, 0.1% boron, 0.1% iron, 0.02% molybdenum, 0.01 % cobalt, 8% free L amino acids (dose in the experiment -1 l/t) (3,(17)(18)(19).…”

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The Structure and Productivity of Winter Durum Wheat Subject to Pre-Sowing Treatment

Podlesnykh¹,

Galochkina²

2018

International Scientific and Practical Conference "AgroSMART - Smart Solutions for Agriculture" (AgroSMART 2018)

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The paper studies the productivity of winter durum wheat of Zolotko variety subject to the treatment of seed grains with the preparations Poly-Feed, Plodorodiye Sibiri, Vitazim, Agat-25K, Micromak, potassium humate applied separately and in the mixture of Poly-Feed + Plodorodiye Sibiri + Vitazim followed by the treatment of plants with Vitazim, Fertigrain Foliar and the mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrain Foliar in the forest-steppe of the Central Chernozem Region. The experiments were conducted in 2014/15-2015/16 in the fields of Voronezh SAU. For the treatment of winter durum wheat seeds, the most effective preparations to increase tillering capacity were Agat-25K (1.18 seeds/plant), Vitazim (1.17 seeds/plant) and potassium humate (1.17 seeds/plant). The number of kernels per head increased provided that the seeds were treated with Agat-25K, Micromak, Plodorodiye Sibiri, especially followed by the further treatment of plants with the mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrain Foliar. The weight of grains in the ear increased up to 1.28 and 1.27g when the seeds were treated with Agat-25K and Micromak jointly with the treatment of plants with Vitazim + Fertigran Foliar. A thousand grain weight was greater when the seeds were treated with Agat 25K, Micromak and potassium humate jointly with the treatment of plants with a mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrean Foliar and amounted to 45.0; 44.9 and 44.85g, respectively. A high yield was obtained when Agat-25K and Micromak were used for treating seeds, together with treating plants with a mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrean Foliar. It amounted to 52.7 and 52.2 c/ha, respectively. The highest synergetic efficiency was observed when treating the seeds with Agat-25K or Micromak together with treating the plants with Vitazim + Fertigrain Foliar mixture.

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“…From an internal perspective, most studies have empirically explored the influence of farmers’ risk perceptions, subjective norms, and their perceived values on safe pesticide use based on the farmers’ behavioral theory [ 12 ], planned behavior theory [ 13 ], and health belief theory [ 14 ]. From an external viewpoint, numerous scholars find that external factors, such as information access [ 15 ], external risk [ 12 ], technological environment [ 16 ], differentiated policies [ 17 ], skills training [ 18 ], and the economic environment, also play an increasing role in influencing pesticide safety use [ 18 , 19 ]. However, significant differences between farmers’ perceptions of safety behavior and actual behavior status [ 20 ] make the factors influencing farmers’ safety production gradually become more abundant; for example, Guo et al (2021) conducted a study about rice farmers’ safe production and found that farmers’ behavior resulted from a combination of internal and external factors.…”

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External Supervision, Face Consciousness, and Pesticide Safety Use: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

Qiao

Luo

Zheng

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Clarifying the factors influencing the safe use of pesticide is essential for scientific decision making to effectively manage pesticide use and promote sustainable agroecological development. The study aims to explore the factors influencing farmers’ safe use of pesticides from the perspectives of external supervision and face consciousness. Using survey data covering 534 farm households in Sichuan province, this study empirically analyzes the influence mechanisms of external supervision, face consciousness, and their interaction terms on farmers’ safe use of pesticides by employing the binary logit and IV-2SLS model, and further reveals their intergenerational differences on this basis. The results show that external supervision and positive face consciousness have significantly positive effects on pesticide safety use by farmers; market supervision and ability-type face, respectively, play the biggest role among them. Furthermore, there is an interaction effect between external supervision and face consciousness with respect to pesticide safety use. Farmers with different generation farms are influenced differently by external supervision and face consciousness. The behaviors of the new generation farmers to safely use pesticide are principally influenced by government supervision, market supervision, and ability-type face; in contrast, the ones of the older generation farmers are mainly influenced by market supervision, organization supervision, and relationship-type face.

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Large reductions in pesticides made possible by use of an insect‐trapping lamp: a case study in a winter wheat‐summer maize rotation system

Abstract: If pesticides are used in a timely fashion and at the appropriate stage, their use may be greatly reduced with the help of an insect-trapping lamp. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.

Cited by 8 publications

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Agrochemical Input Behavior and Cleaner Production Adoption Willingness of Farmers in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, China

Agrochemical Input Behavior and Cleaner Production Adoption Willingness of Farmers in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, China

The Structure and Productivity of Winter Durum Wheat Subject to Pre-Sowing Treatment

External Supervision, Face Consciousness, and Pesticide Safety Use: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

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