Biodiversity in humid tropical banana plantations where there has been long-term use of crop protection products

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contents Biodiversity in humid tropical banana plantations where there has been long-term use of crop protection products Ronald Vargas Agrociencias birds Bananas insects soil microbial activity crop protection products Bananas, like any agricultural crop,are affected by pests and diseases that requirechemical control to prevent crop losses, tomaintain quality standards for the consumermarket, and to meet phytosanitary requirementsof importing countries. Among the cropprotection products applied are: specific and broadspectrum fungicides, nematicides, insecticidesand herbicides (contact and systemic). In CostaRica, with more than 130 years of bananacultivation, both the public and the environmentalcommunity commonly assume that the impactof these products is severe. Banana and cropprotection product industries have been heavilycriticized, assuming that faunal communities arenegatively affected. However, research resultsdo not support this criticism. The present papersummarizes recent published literature stressingthe relative biological impact of the differenttypes of crop protection products used withincultivated areas, and the effects of protected andreforested areas surrounding banana cultivatedareas. It stresses the necessity to consider GoodAgricultural Practices (GAP) involving IntegratedPest Management (IPM) for sustainable use ofcrop protection products without harmful sideeffects,along with conservation or reforestationpractices to protect waterways and farm limits.It also establishes an impact categorizationfor crop protection products based on the biological indicators analyzed, from less harmfulto potentially more impacting compounds, asfollows: herbicides< fungicides< insecticides <nematicides. 2006 artículo científico 0377-9424 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=43630207 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=436 Agronomía Costarricense application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Agronomía Costarricense (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.30
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spellingShingle Biodiversity in humid tropical banana plantations where there has been long-term use of crop protection products
Ronald Vargas
Agrociencias
birds
Bananas
insects
soil microbial activity
crop protection products
Biodiversity in humid tropical banana plantations where there has been long-term use of crop protection products Ronald Vargas Agrociencias birds Bananas insects soil microbial activity crop protection products Bananas, like any agricultural crop,are affected by pests and diseases that requirechemical control to prevent crop losses, tomaintain quality standards for the consumermarket, and to meet phytosanitary requirementsof importing countries. Among the cropprotection products applied are: specific and broadspectrum fungicides, nematicides, insecticidesand herbicides (contact and systemic). In CostaRica, with more than 130 years of bananacultivation, both the public and the environmentalcommunity commonly assume that the impactof these products is severe. Banana and cropprotection product industries have been heavilycriticized, assuming that faunal communities arenegatively affected. However, research resultsdo not support this criticism. The present papersummarizes recent published literature stressingthe relative biological impact of the differenttypes of crop protection products used withincultivated areas, and the effects of protected andreforested areas surrounding banana cultivatedareas. It stresses the necessity to consider GoodAgricultural Practices (GAP) involving IntegratedPest Management (IPM) for sustainable use ofcrop protection products without harmful sideeffects,along with conservation or reforestationpractices to protect waterways and farm limits.It also establishes an impact categorizationfor crop protection products based on the biological indicators analyzed, from less harmfulto potentially more impacting compounds, asfollows: herbicides< fungicides< insecticides <nematicides. 2006 artículo científico 0377-9424 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=43630207 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=436 Agronomía Costarricense application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Agronomía Costarricense (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.30
title Biodiversity in humid tropical banana plantations where there has been long-term use of crop protection products
topic Agrociencias
birds
Bananas
insects
soil microbial activity
crop protection products
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