Details of the project EPI

Cooperation in the development and implementation of a production technology for dessert apple with a chemical protection agent residue content of less than 0.01 mg/kg

16-10-2019 do 15-10-2021

1 360 726,85

EFRROW; national public funds; own funds

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The main objective of the operation is to develop and implement a technology to produce internationally innovative dessert apples with a residue content of the chemical protection agents used of less than 0.01 mg/kg. This objective will be achieved by: (a) carrying out development work by the Institute of Practical Pomology and the Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice on the development of a degradation curve for selected chemical pesticides for orchard crops, the evaluation of the effectiveness of a number of biological agents and the development of analytical research methods with the possibility of a wider determination of additional residues of pesticides (e.g. flonicamide and its metabolites); (b) validation of the results of the abovementioned work (together constituting a significantly improved apple protection technology) through their implementation in the farms of Dariusz Melon and Jan Rokicki; (c) development by the Institute of Practical Horticulture of a trademark

The direct benefit resulting from the implementation of the project results will be an increase in the competitiveness of all consortium entities. The main indirect benefits are: -improved consumer health safety (due to a reduction in the content of chemical active substances in consumed fruit, which will additionally not be exposed, as are products certified as organic, to the intensive development of harmful microorganisms, including mycotoxin-producing fungi); -improved environment and climate change mitigation (due to a significant reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products); -increased competitiveness of Polish and European apple producers, due to the assumed widespread use of the technology developed within the project.

plant cultivation and horticulture