Factors studied

Positive effects

Negative effects

- 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.

- Little specific investment apart from disinfectants and small equipment (stakes, augmentorium, etc.).

- Fewer purchases of phytosanitary products. 

- 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.

- Fewer residues of phytosanitary products

- Less damage to production because fewer pests.

- Reduction of the risk of pollutant transfer to water or air if phytosanitary treatments are avoided.

- Increase in functional biodiversity if treatments are avoided. 

- Reduction of fuel consumption if passages for phytosanitary treatments are avoided.

- Increased fuel consumption in the case of additional trips to disinfect equipment.