Crop protection--what will shape the future picture?
David Atkinson1, Audrey M Litterick, Kerr C Walker
1Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK. D.Atkinson@ed.sac.ac.uk
Abstract:
The drivers which influence the types of crop protection most needed by agriculture are changing. A polarisation of approaches has resulted in the needs of organic agriculture and biotechnological agriculture, which can be identified as the current extremes of the spectrum, becoming very different. The main requirements of these two sectors are identified here and used as the basis for questioning future EU research requirements in crop protection. Factors affecting/influencing organic farming and the use of genetically modified crops are discussed in some detail.
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