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• Pesticide regulations get the green light
  

  The European Parliament has approved new European Union pesticides legislation introducing new regulations on the production and licensing of plant production products and introducing new rules on their use.

• Maize: weed control with fewer chemicals
  

  A range of techniques can be used to produce maize using less herbicides, as one of ENDURE’s From Science to Field guides explains.

• Summer School 2009: apply now!
  

  ENDURE's second PhD summer school, Modelling approaches to support integrated pest management (IPM), will be held in June at SIAF in Volterra, Italy.

• Potato late blight: a €4 billion problem
  

  ENDURE’s potato case study team has been examining ways to reduce the use of fungicides on one of the world’s most important food crops.

• Putting IPM into practice
  

  Integrated pest management (IPM) will become a legal obligation for European Union countries over the next six years, but ensuring theoretical knowledge is put into practical use is a complicated issue.

• MEPs and Council compromise on pesticides
  

  European Parliament (EP) negotiators struck a compromise with Council representatives late on Wednesday night (December 17) on the final shape of new European Union pesticide legislation.

• Report: Paris policy seminar
  

  More than 230 people including politicians, scientists and farmers attended November's Paris policy seminar sponsored by the French presidency of the European Union with scientific backing from ENDURE. Over two days, delegates explored the topic of ‘Sustainable Agriculture and Pesticides: What is at stake and what are the options?’ through a mixture of plenary sessions and workshops.

• Shedding light on pomefruit research
  

  Nobody likes wormy apples and, according to the supermarkets at least, blemished apples and pears simply do not sell, which means some of our favourite fruits are subject to significant doses of pesticides.

• A worldwide problem: whiteflies
  

  ENDURE’s tomato case study group has been studying the distribution of key pests affecting Europe’s tomato growers

• Tackling wheat and apple pests
  

  Pesticides are high on the political agenda, but reducing their use across Europe is difficult when we do not know who uses what plant protection products against which pests.