La protection des cultures durable : une vraie nécessité mais de nombreux paradoxes

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Abstract

The EU Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides, adopted on 13 January 2009 by the European Parliament encourages the development of an integrated agriculture that would minimize the use of pesticides. The drafters of this text put forward a set of method of management of agricultural pests, including the rotation, the choice of suitable cultivars, different culture techniques or tillage, as well as conditions for driving and to reduce the risks parasites. These are the methods that the following pages are intended to illustrate the examples by focusing as much as possible on oilseed crops. This leads to note however, that some goals may appear paradoxical and, that apart the genetic selection, the rotation appears as the most operational method for which the oilseed crops provide an added value beyond doubt.