French sugar beet pesticide alternative could be five years away

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PARIS : Research into alternatives to neonicotinoid pesticides, found to be toxic to bees, is unlikely to deliver a solution capable of fully protecting sugar beet crops for five years, a leading French scientist said.After the beet yellows virus carried by aphids reduced the French harvest by 30 per cent

PARIS : Research into alternatives to neonicotinoid pesticides, found to be toxic to bees, is unlikely to deliver a solution capable of fully protecting sugar beet crops for five years, a leading French scientist said.

"Maybe some varieties in 2024 will bring 10 per cent-15 per cent more yield than what we had in 2020 but finding a replacement won't happen overnight," Fabienne Maupas said. She is head of research at French sugar beet technical institute ITB, in charge of the PNRI programme to find alternatives to neonicotinoids.

The greater issue for now is late sowings due to wet weather earlier in the year and reduction in the area sown as farmers were deterred by potential crop damage.

 

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