INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT METHODS USED IN PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM) CROP IN EUROPEAN UNION
LORENA-ROXANA GURAU, IOAN RADU Research and Development Institute for Plant Protection, 8 Ion Ionescu de la Brad Blvd., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: raduioan1999@gmail.com
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles started from pest identification and pursues assessing the effect of pest management. Approaches for managing pest are organized in: biological control, crop management, mechanical and physical controls as well as chemical control. Several of them can be used only by taking into account the regulatory framework of an area. Biological control for pepper crop pest mainly includes the use of biopesticides. Nowadays, the scientific paradigm is focused on establishing and introducing innovative biocontrol solutions. Thus, the scientific research results are disseminated in dedicated events within European Union. The aim of this study is to present IPM methods available for Europeans eager to eradicate the use of chemical products in pepper crop.
