Project number: 18.00.16.05.01

Sustainable Pest Control in Arable Farming and Grassland

Today, a wide range of tools are available in integrated plant protection for minimising the use and risks of chemical plant protection products and safeguarding yields. Despite this, the actual potential of these non-chemical alternatives for agricultural practice has not yet been sufficiently explored or harnessed. The challenge consists in

  • increasing the efficacy and reliability of alternative methods, and
  • combining a bundle of individual measures into a coordinated strategy that can be adopted and implemented in practice.

In the present project, we develop innovative approaches – designed with sustainability in mind – for controlling native and alien pests in arable farming and grassland.

Donhauser J., Briones M. J. I., Mikola J., Jones D. L., Eder R., Filser J., Frossard A., Krogh P. H., Sousa J. P., Cortet J., Desie E., Domene X., Djuric S., Hackenberger D., Jimenez J. J. and others
Extracting DNA from soil or directly from isolated nematodes indicate dissimilar community structure for Europe-wide forest soils.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 185, 2023.

Reinbacher L., Bacher S., Knecht F., Schweizer C., Sostizzo T., Grabenweger G.
Biocontrol of Wireworms in Cover Crops.
Agroscope, Bern. 27 October, 2021, 2 pp.
other Languages: german | french

Sostizzo T., Grabenweger G.
Native fungi against invasive beetle.
In: Second international congress of biological control. 26.04., Online. 2021.

Hiltpold I., Dahlin P.
Nematode ist nicht gleich Nematode.
BauernZeitung, 23, 2021, 28-29.

Hiltpold I., Dahlin P.
Les nématodes sont des organismes vivants encore largement méconnus.
Journal Agri, 25 juin, 2021, 21.

Ingber D.A., Christensen S.A., Alborn H.T., Hiltpold I.
Detecting the conspecific: herbivory-induced olfactory cues in the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Metabolites, 11, (9), 2021, 1-14.

Kim J., Hiltpold I., Jaffuel G., Sbaiti I., Hibbard B. E., Turlings T.C.J.
Calcium-alginate beads as a formulation for the application of entomopathogenic nematodes to control rootworms.
Journal of Pest Science, 94, 2021, 1197-1208.

Moradi A., Austerlitz T., Dahlin P., Robert C. A. M., Maurer C., Steinauer K., van Doan C., Himmighofen P. A., Wieczorek K., Künzler M., Mauch F.
Marasmius oreades agglutinin enhances resistance of Arabidopsis against plant-parasitic nematodes and a herbivorous insect.
BMC Plant Biology, online, (1 September), 2021, 1-10.

Reinbacher L., Bacher S., Knecht F., Schweizer C., Sostizzo T., Grabenweger G.
Preventive field application of Metarhizium brunneum in cover crops for wireworm control.
Crop Protection, 150, 2021, 1-10.

Guignard B., Grabenweger G.
Des champignons et des vers tueurs à l’attaque du scarabée japonais.
Terre et Nature, 17, 2021, 9.

Reinbacher L., Bacher S., Praprotnik E., Grabenweger G.
Standard non-target tests for risk assessment of plant protection products are unsuitable for entomopathogenic fungi—a proposal for a new protocol.
Journal of Soil and Sediments, online, (17 March), 2021, 1-12.

Grabenweger G.
IPM-Popillia: Overview of the Horizon2020 Project "integrated pest Management of the invasive japanese beetle, Popillia japonica".
In: Pflanzenschutztagung Feldbau. 19.01., online - Agroscope. 2021, 1-11.

Hiltpold I., Breitenmoser S., Steinger T., Bousselin X., Nussbaum V., Baux A.
Companion plants hinder foes and boost yield in oilseed rape.
In: NBFF-Tagung 2020. 04.12., online. 2020.

Breitenmoser S., Steinger T., Bousselin X., Baux A., Hiltpold I.
Using companion crops to hinder insect foes and boost yield in oilseed rape.
In: Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. 11.11., online. 2020.

Koppenhofer A. M., Shapiro-Ilan D. I., Hiltpold I.
Advances in the use of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) as biopesticides in suppressing crop insect pests.
In: Biopesticides for sustainable agriculture. 23 March, Publ. Birch, N. and Glare, T., Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK. 2020, 1-39.

Koppenhöfer A. M., Shapiro-Ilan D. I., Hiltpold I.
Entomopathogenic nematodes in sustainable food production.
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4, 2020, 1-14.

Hiltpold I., Moore B. D., Johnson S. N.
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations alter root morphology and reduce the effectiveness of entomopathogenic nematodes.
Plant and Soil, 447, 2020, 29-38.

Storelli A., Keiser A., Eder R., Jenni S., Kiewnick S.
Evaluation of fluopyram for the control of Ditylenchus dipsaci in sugar beet.
Journal of Nematology, 52, (online), 2020, 1-10.

Steinger T., Klötzli F., Ramseier H.
Experimental Assessment of the Economic Injury Level of the Cereal Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Winter Wheat.
Journal of Economic Entomology, 113, (4), 2020, 1823-1830.

Germann C., Breitenmoser S.
Lixus juncii Boheman, 1835 – confirmation de sa présence en Suisse (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Entomo Helvetica, 13, 2020, 155-158.

Breitenmoser S., Hiltpold I.
Il existe deux races de pyrales du maïs contre lesquelles il convient de lutter.
Journal Agri, 3 avril, 2020, 14.

Ramseier H., Steinger T.
Bekämpfungsschwellen in der Praxis.
UFA-Revue, 4, 2020, 36-37.

Eder R., Kiewnick S.
Trichodoriden: virusübertragende Nematoden im Kartoffelanbau.
Agroscope, Wädenswil. Merkblatt Nr 105, April, 2020, 4 pp.
other Languages: french | italian

Sostizzo T., Grabenweger G.
Japankäfer - Einheimische Pilze gegen invasiven Schädling.
Schweizer Zeitschrift für Obst- und Weinbau, 03, 2020, 10-12.

Breitenmoser S., Steinger T., Hiltpold I., Grosjean Y., Nussbaum V., Bussereau F., Klötzli F., Widmer N., Baux A.
Effet des plantes associées au colza d’hiver sur les dégâts d’altises.
Recherche Agronomique Suisse, 11, 2020, 16-25.

Breitenmoser S.
Vielfalt der Käfer in Raps in Changins (VD).
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 10, (11-12), 2019, 430-439.
other Languages: french

Kaiser D., Handschin S., Rohr R.P., Bacher S., Grabenweger G.
Co-formulation of Beauveria bassiana with natural substances to control pollen beetles: Synergy between fungal spores and colza oil.
Biological Control, 140, 2019, 1-6.

Bussereau F., Breitenmoser S., Tallant M., Riot G., Schwaerzel R., Dupuis B., Steinger T.
Chemical control of wireworms in potatoes.
In: EAPR Pathology & Pests Section Meeting. 04.09., Publ. EAPR, Neuchâtel - La Frêtaz. 2019.

Bussereau F., Steinger T.
Prognose zum Risiko der Übertragung von Kartoffelviren durch Blattläuse.
Agroscope. 8. Juli, 2019, 4 pp.

Kaiser D., Bacher S., Grabenweger G.
Biological control of pollen beetles with the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana – the role of UV-protection in open field application.
In: IOBC WPRS Bulletin. Vol. 136, Publ. IOBC-WPRS. 2018.

Kaiser D., Bacher S., Mène-Saffrané L., Grabenweger G.
Efficiency of natural substances to protect Beauveria bassiana conidia from UV radiation.
Pest Management Science, 2018, 1-8.

Sostizzo T., Enkerli J., Widmer F., Grabenweger G.
Biologische Bekämpfung des Japankäfers.
In: Nationale Bioforschungstagung. November, Publ. Agroscope, Reckenholz. 2018, 1.

Storelli A., Kiewnick S., Eder R., Keiser A.
Sensitivity of Ditylenchus dipsaci to fluopyram.
In: 46. Tagung des DPG Arbeitskreises Nematologie. 13.-14. März, Publ. Daub Matthias, DPG Spectrum Phytomedizin, Bonn. 2018, 8.

Breitenmoser S., Jeanneret P.
Biodiversité fonctionnelle : auxiliaires, pollinisateurs et décomposeurs dans l’agro-écosystème.
In: Découvrir la biodiversité fonctionnelle. 22.11., Publ. Agrilogie Marcelin & FiBL. 2018.

Jermini M., Bertossa M., Klay F., Bünter M., Breitenmoser S.
Maiswurzelbohrer – Versuchsergebnisse, Erfahrungen und Regelungen in der Schweiz.
In: Maistagung. 28. Februar, Riegel am Keisersthul. 2018, 1-35.

Breitenmoser S.
Rétrospective - Et quels sont les insectes nuisibles au colza aujourd'hui ?
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 96, 2017, 99-116.

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