Seipasa, a Spanish company specialized in natural treatments for agriculture with zero residues, has presented new alternatives to tackle threats affecting vine growing. Seipasa’s technical director, Javier Nácher, highlighted Pirecris’ distinctive charateristics, a biopesticide effective broad spectrum based on natural pyrethrin. Pirecris is valid to be included in Integrated Pest Management systems in the fight against cicadellidae in vineyard.
Nácher has delivered a technical presentation within the framework of the second edition of Phytoma International Meeting on vine. The symposium has been held in La Rioja (Spain) from March 29 – 30, 2017. The forum was aimed to discuss new strategies to protect vineyard, highlighting the progresses that research has made available to the sector.
In the course of his presentation, Nácher has remarked several problems threatening European vineyards due to the increase of populations of cicadellidae. The presence of infected plants of the phytoplasma and the Scaphoideus titanus Ball can seriously affect the harvest, generating significant economic losses for farmers.
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To tackle these threats in vine growing, Seipasa has developed Pirecris, a biopesticide with zero residues able to be applied in vineyard. Pirecris is able to eliminate, with high certificated efficiencies, the vector insect of the flavescence dorée. Pirecris can also come to a halt the expansion of the phytoplasma. It must be noted that the Spanish company owns the exclusive patent for this product.
"More and more producers and consumers are demanding a more rational, integrated and sustainable agriculture that ensures healthy and profitable crops without neglecting the environment," said the technical director of Seipasa.
Pirecris contributes to establishing strategies for the management of resistances, as corroborated by several studies on populations of aphids. Numerous other trials have also been able to prove the effect of the product on the green mosquito or Empoasca vitis Goethe.
Phytoma International Meeting
After the 1st Phytoma International Meeting in 2015, this second edition has been structured around 3 large thematic areas. In addition to discussing main threats affecting vine growing, pest control, diseases and weed control have been also unfolded from the perspective of integrated management. The most innovative methods for protection have been analyzed. Among them, there have been discussions about the use of drones and new computer systems.