A Pesticide Decision Support Tool to guide the selection of less environmentally harmful pesticides for the sugar cane industry.

ABSTRACT: Pesticides applied to agricultural land have been shown to decrease the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. This issue is addressed by the Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan which includes a pesticide reduction target. As part of a wider educational strategy, one method that could help meet the target is to provide stakeholders with information that assists in the selection and use of pesticide active ingredients (PAIs) that pose a lower risk to aquatic environments compared to those currently used. This study developed a Pesticide Decision Support Tool (PDST) in collaboration with stakeholders for the sugar cane industry. The PDST covers all PAIs registered and applied to sugar cane in Australia and four additional PAIs registered for use on crops grown in rotat

SUBMITTER: St John Warne M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10611884 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature