Seed fumigations are under pressure in several crops, including maize. The curtain already fell on Sonido and the use of Mesurol is on the wane. European re-registration is leading to fewer available resources. Common maize cultivation may look different in the future as the known protection against bird droppings, wireworms and fritillary flies will have to be replaced by biological or non-organic alternatives. But even with the known seed fumigations, every year there are more problems with soil insects in (monoculture) maize cultivation, mainly wireworms, frit flies and millipedes. This ever-increasing threat calls for preventive screening and control.
During the trial, screening for the presence of various insects will be carried out. This is done by monitoring for the damage pattern by visual screening in the objects. The damage pattern is quantified by counts and an index determination. The presence of the pest insects is physically determined by pot traps for zipper needles, pitfall traps for centipedes and yellow traps for flying insects.
