The ENDURE paper, Pests, pesticide use and alternative options in European maize production: current status and future prospects , presents the work of 22 researchers involved in the maize case study, which had four aims:

• To give an overview of European maize cultivation practices
• To identify the status and development of the most serious arthropod pests, weeds and fungal diseases in maize
• To compile data on the classes and amounts of pesticides used
• To discuss currently available options for pesticide reduction, potential long-term solutions, as well as the major restrictions on their introduction.

Details of all four points can be found in the paper, which is available on the Journal of Applied Entomology website, and in addition the research team is producing three leaflets in the From Science to Field series designed to aid agricultural advisers, extension services and farmers.

Two of these, Number 1: Non-chemical Control of Corn Borers Using Trichogramma or Bt Maize  and Number 2: Western Corn Rootworm in Europe: Integrated Pest Management is the Only Sustainable Solution , are already available and can be downloaded below, while a third leaflet focusing on Fusarium  will be available shortly.

Cover	Title	Download (pdf)
	Number 1: Non-chemical Control of Corn Borers Using Trichogramma or Bt Maize	Maize Case Study Guide Number 1 [pdf - 1.19 MB]
	Number 2: Western Corn Rootworm in Europe: Integrated Pest Management is the Only Sustainable Solution	Maize Case Study Guide Number 2 [pdf - 620.64 kB]

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