The Pesticide Risk Reduction (PRR) team of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) Pest Management Centre provides information on reduced risk pest management approaches through its factsheet series 'Sustainable Crop Protection'. These factsheets present information developed through PRR activities to a broad audience, and encourage the adoption of environmentally and economically sustainable pest management approaches which are founded on the principles of integrated pest management (IPM).
Fruit
- An Alternative Strategy for Lygus Management in Ontario Strawberries
Enabling Integrated Pest Management through a farmer participatory approach - Integrated Management of Fire Blight on Apple and Pear in Canada
Practical information on managing this bacterial disease - Resistance of apple scab pathogen to fungicides in Canadian orchards: Knowing and managing the risk
Knowing and managing the risk of a serious fungal disease in apples
Field crops and forages
- A New Biofungicide to Manage Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat
Discovery and development of a novel reduced-risk disease management tool - An Integrated Approach to Manage Ascochyta Blight in Chickpea
Science shines a light on a disease management challenge - Managing leafy spurge with a hungry beetle
Beneficial insect helps to protect rangeland from invasive weed - A Systems Approach for Sustainable Grasshopper Management
Highlighting three innovative tools developed through the reduced-risk strategy for grasshopper management
Greenhouse crops
- Hands-Off Method for Application of Microbial Agents
Bees deliver ‘medicine’ as they pollinate greenhouse crops - Web-based resources for greenhouse floriculture
Website and videos highlighting the use of biological control as part of an Integrated Pest Management program
Vegetables
- A decision support system for knowledge-based management of Botrytis leaf blight of onion
Targeted research results in improved disease forecasting - An Integrated Approach to Management of Leek Moth
10 years of collaborative research, development and knowledge transfer - A web-based cover crop decision tool for growers in Eastern Canada
Interactive tool allows growers to customize options for their farms - Banding Herbicides in Carrot Production: Small Spray with Big Benefits
Achieving weed management while reducing environmental pesticide load - Biofungicides provide Post-harvest Disease Protection in Potatoes
Reliance on chemicals reduced for better resistance management - Carrot Foliage Trimmer
Development of an innovation in disease management - European Corn Borer Crusher for Potatoes
A device to control European corn borers in potato fields - Exclusion fence technique for cabbage maggot management in Brassica vegetable crops
A reduced-risk management option for this insect pest - Field Vegetable Production: Using Cover Crops for Weed Management
Reviewing best approaches for successful implementation - Optimizing sprayer efficiency to improve onion thrips control
Spray technology study helps growers make the most of their pesticide applications - Reduced-risk Wireworm Management in Potato
Investigating alternatives for this hard-to-manage pest - Onion Maggot Sterile Insect Technology
A different way to manage to manage onion maggot