IPM The BioMush project
BioMush is a research project financed by the 7th European Framework Programme, a European Union’s Research and Innovation funding programme, through the Research Executive Agency (REA). The main objective is to provide practical Integrated Pest Management (IPM) solutions to European mushroom producers
in order to reduce dependence on pesticides and decrease yield losses. By Maria Luisa Tello
de sustratos y hongos de La Rioja, Navarra y Aragón (Spain)
• ANICC: Association nationale interprofession- nelle du champignon de couche (France)
• SBGU: Stowarzyszenie branzy grzybow uprawnych (Poland)
• FTREV: Consorzio funghi di Treviso societa cooperativa agricola (Italy)
• RECOMSA: Reciclados de compost de La Mancha SCL (Spain)
• EST: Electrochemical sensor technology Limited (United Kingdom)
• LINCIS: Lincis solucoes integradas para sistemas de informacao LDA (Portugal)
• AGRON: Agrochemicals development and marketing LTD (Israel)
• CTC: Centre technique du champignon (France) • INSP: Tecnologías avanzadas INSPIRALIA SL (Spain)
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• IBET: Instituto de biología experimental e tecnológica (Portugal)
ests and diseases in the industry cause millions of euros each year related to pest control and yield loss, and growers face chemical
pesticide withdrawals and constantly changing legislation. They increasingly have to depend on disease prevention and alternatives for control. In order to find a solution for European mushroom growers, some national associations and cooperatives met in April 2011 and came up with the idea of BioMush.
A European Consortium Four mushroom growers associations of several EU countries (including ANICC, who also hosts the European Group of Mushroom Growers), three companies and four Research facilities with expertise for the development of the expec- ted results joined in a Consortium composed of 11 organizations from 7 European countries: • CTICH: Asociación Profesional de productores
Four solutions
The BioMush project promotes an integrated approach for pest and diseases control in mushroom cultivation in order to help the growers to adapt to a stringent legislation (Regulation EC Nº1107/2009 and Directive 2009/128/EC) implementing the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), in order to reduce pesticide use. This approach consists of: 1. An early detection tool for mushroom fungal diseases in situ, to facilitate the control of competitor fungi and fungal diseases before visual symptoms appear. An advanced bio sensing system was developed during the project, tracking extracellular enzymes, and able to detect a disease 6 to10 days before visual symptoms appear.
While mushroom pests (flies) detection has never been an issue for growers as they can spot them during routine visits, so far the detection
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