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Production losses caused by pathogens, enemies, and abiotic agents (drought, heat wave, etc.) are significant, while the existence of residual plant protection products leads to product quality degradation.<\/p>\nProduction losses caused by pathogens, enemies, and abiotic agents (drought, heat wave, etc.) are significant, while the existence of residual plant protection products leads to product quality degradation.<\/p>\n
In this grey landscape for viticulture,\u202fKonstantinos Aliferis,\u00a0 Assistant Professor of Pesticide Science, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA)<\/strong>\u202fand his team are researching the application of biostimulant formulations in the cultivation of Crimson variety table grapes.<\/p>\n The science team is collaborating with the\u202f\u2018Pigasos\u2019 Agricultural Cooperative<\/strong>\u202fand\u202fGAIA EPICHEIREIN<\/strong>, testing various formulations in practice, to find out which is most efficient, and to identify the amount and point of growth at which the plant produces the best results.<\/p>\n As Mr Aliferis had stressed to \u2018Ypaithros\u2019 in the past that there are many products on the market labelled as biostimulants, but they cannot provide a guaranteed solution on their own. Since their precise action for the producer is not yet known, it is practically difficult to achieve optimum application. Thus, the AUA, in collaboration with AC \u2018Pigasos\u2019, which had collaborated in the past on the implementation of programmes, as well as GAIA EPICHEIREIN, which is particularly specialised in the sector of implementing such products, decided to establish the \u2018BIO-CRIMSON<\/strong>\u2019 Operational Team and to carry out a series of tests on many such formulations. The results are expected with great interest.<\/p>\n Measure 16<\/strong><\/p>\n Please note that the programme is co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development \u2018EAFRD\u2019, under Measure 16. More specifically, the goal of Sub-measure 16.2-16.2 of Measure 16 \u2018Collaboration\u2019, is to contribute to agricultural productivity and sustainability.<\/p>\n This can be achieved by reducing the application of conventional plant protection products and replacing them with more environmentally friendly products, such as biostimulants. This approach is expected to lead to a significant reduction in the required volumes of plant protection products, an increase in yield, and a reduction of residues in the product.<\/p>\n Studies to calculate the optimum dosage and application time for the Crimson variety by a AUA research team are ongoing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":1271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[124],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bio-crimson"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ypaithros.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eip-agri-logo.png\"){kind=logo}
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