Fostering temporal crop diversification to reduce pesticide use

Abstract Temporal crop diversification could reduce pesticide use by increasing the proportion of crops with low pesticide use (dilution effects) or enhancing the regulation of pests, weeds and diseases (regulation effects). Here, we use the French National DEPHY Network to compare pesticide use bet...

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Main Authors: Maé Guinet, Guillaume Adeux, Stéphane Cordeau, Emeric Courson, Romain Nandillon, Yaoyun Zhang, Nicolas Munier-Jolain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43234-x