Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio

Table of contents
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 3
2 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 4
3 MAIZE CULTIVATION IN EUROPE ............................................................................... 5
3.1 CROP DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 5
3.2 CULTIVATION AREA ...................................................................................................... 6
3.3 WEEDS, PESTS AND DISEASES .................................................................................... 12
3.3.1 WEEDS ............................................................................................................... 12
3.3.2 PESTS ................................................................................................................. 13
3.3.3 DISEASES ............................................................................................................ 17
4 PREPARATION ............................................................................................................ 19
4.1 SEEDS ...................................................................................................................... 19
4.2 SEED TREATMENT ...................................................................................................... 21
4.3 SOIL PREPARATION .................................................................................................... 22
5 CULTIVATION .............................................................................................................. 28
5.1 SOWING .................................................................................................................... 28
5.2 CROP PROTECTION .................................................................................................... 30
5.2.1 WEED MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 30
5.2.2 PEST MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................. 34
5.2.3 DISEASE MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 39
5.2.4 PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS ........................................................................... 39
5.3 IRRIGATION ............................................................................................................... 40
6 HARVEST AND POST-HARVEST LAND USE ............................................................ 54
6.1 HARVEST .................................................................................................................. 54
6.2 INTERCROPPING ........................................................................................................ 55
6.3 SOIL MANAGEMENT & ROTATION ................................................................................ 56
7 CONSULTED SOURCES ............................................................................................. 57
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