During the III National Field Days, which took place on 11-13 June this year in Płońsk, Adam Matyszczak (M.Sc.), a doctoral student at the Siedlce University;Doctoral School, delivered a lecture on Integrated Plant Protection for students of agricultural schools.
Integrated Plant Protection is the use of all available methods to reduce the occurrence of agrophages in plant cultivation, including agrotechnical methods (e.g. crop rotation, sustainable fertilization, agrotechnical treatments). Moreover, integrated plant protection takes into account: the selection of plant protection products in such a way as to minimise the negative impact of plant protection treatments on non-target organisms, in particular this concerns pollinating insects and natural enemies of harmful organisms; limiting the number of treatments and the quantity of plant protection products used to the necessary minimum; counteracting the development of resistance of harmful organisms to plant protection products by a proper selection and alternate use of these products. The application of the above recommendations has the effect of reducing the use of chemical plant protection products in agricultural production.