Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment

Observed declines in the distribution and abundance of various insect species have moved the topic of biodiversity and the protection of honey bees, an insect species of particular economic interest, into the focus of public attention. This also resulted in an increasing public pressure to reform th...

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Main Authors: Lückmann, Johannes, Kaiser, Sibylle, Blankenhagen, Felix von
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Language:deu
Published: Julius Kühn-Institut 2020-05-01
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description Observed declines in the distribution and abundance of various insect species have moved the topic of biodiversity and the protection of honey bees, an insect species of particular economic interest, into the focus of public attention. This also resulted in an increasing public pressure to reform the European agricultural policy and as part of this to minimise the amount of synthetic plant protection products used. In this context, so-called ‘precision farming’ offers a considerable potential for a reduced application of plant protection products by using precision application techniques that allow to adjust applications to the actual scale of target distribution within a field. Is however currently not possible to exactly quantify the subsequent decrease of exposure of non-target organisms. Focusing on honey bees, the authors are therefore in a first step proposing a field study design to quantify the direct and indirect exposure of honey bees and their colonies in relation to the ratio of treated to untreated field area and the application pattern used. Furthermore, parameters of the bee risk assessment scheme are discussed that could be suitable to describe exposure reduction by precision application.
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spelling doaj.art-9bf77b1049d24a72a1f749845f7029442024-01-23T06:50:03ZdeuJulius Kühn-InstitutJulius-Kühn-Archiv1868-98922199-921X2020-05-01465788210.5073/jka.2020.465.039Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessmentLückmann, Johannes0 Kaiser, Sibylle1 Blankenhagen, Felix von2RIFCON GmbH, Hirschberg, GermanyRIFCON GmbH, Hirschberg, GermanyRIFCON GmbH, Hirschberg, GermanyObserved declines in the distribution and abundance of various insect species have moved the topic of biodiversity and the protection of honey bees, an insect species of particular economic interest, into the focus of public attention. This also resulted in an increasing public pressure to reform the European agricultural policy and as part of this to minimise the amount of synthetic plant protection products used. In this context, so-called ‘precision farming’ offers a considerable potential for a reduced application of plant protection products by using precision application techniques that allow to adjust applications to the actual scale of target distribution within a field. Is however currently not possible to exactly quantify the subsequent decrease of exposure of non-target organisms. Focusing on honey bees, the authors are therefore in a first step proposing a field study design to quantify the direct and indirect exposure of honey bees and their colonies in relation to the ratio of treated to untreated field area and the application pattern used. Furthermore, parameters of the bee risk assessment scheme are discussed that could be suitable to describe exposure reduction by precision application.https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00059835precision farmingprecision applicationplant protection producthoney beesexposure
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Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment
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precision application
plant protection product
honey bees
exposure
title Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment
title_full Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment
title_fullStr Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment
title_full_unstemmed Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment
title_short Precision farming – consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment
title_sort precision farming consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment
topic precision farming
precision application
plant protection product
honey bees
exposure
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