Interests and limits
Factors studied |
Positive effects |
Negative effects |
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Work organization |
- Avoidance of subsequent treatments or other curative measures. |
- Reorganization of work to limit the frequency of passages between plots and organize to be able to work the most contaminated plots last. |
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Economy |
- Little specific investment apart from disinfectants and small equipment (stakes, augmentorium, etc.). - Fewer purchases of phytosanitary products. |
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Agronomy |
- Improvement of soil fertility in the short and medium term if the previous crop is buried. - Burial of inoculum (spores, larvae, insects, weed seeds) by turning. |
- Negative impact on the auxiliaries if the ground turns over. - Some weed seeds can be stored in the soil for decades and germinate when brought up by turning. |
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Product qualities |
- Fewer residues of phytosanitary products - Less damage to production because fewer pests. |
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Environment |
- Reduction of the risk of pollutant transfer to water or air if phytosanitary treatments are avoided. - Increase in functional biodiversity if treatments are avoided. |
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Energy consumption |
- Reduction of fuel consumption if passages for phytosanitary treatments are avoided. |
- Increased fuel consumption in the case of additional trips to disinfect equipment. |