The production of organic vegetable seed is under high pest and disease pressure and there is a lack of effective methods for control. This regularly leads to complete yield failure of the seed crop or low germination rates and thus higher seed prices. In this practice abstract, we focus on carrots and cauliflowers
Solution
In order to mitigate the above-laid out challenges in organic seed multiplication, especially for biennial crops like carrot and cauliflower, there is a need to invest further into research for pest and disease management in organic seed production systems. However, some practical solutions are listed below.
Description
Practical recommendations - Some practical measures to improve pest and disease control in organic seed production are the following: 1) Elite carrot seed can be produced indoors to reduce pest pressure. 2) For outdoor carrot seed production, netting in of multiplication area can significantly reduce pest pressure. 3) Further for carrots, establishing a mixed crop seed production system can reduce pest and disease pressure. 4) For cauliflower, organic seed multiplication can be done in greenhouses and poly-tunnels. 5) A further advantage can be to multiply in temperate sea climate, where temperature fluctuations are kept to a minimum.
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