Integrated Pest Managment (IPM) is
viewed as strategic for agriculture nowa-
days. In the soybean bean fields, the in-
troduction of the system ensures the ra-
tionalization in the use of pesticides,
with consequent smaller costs for the
farmers and reduced impact on the en-
vironment, and it also makes it possible
to preserve the efficiency of the controls
provided by these technologies. Further-
more, the method is an ally against the
selection of resistant insect populations,
difficult to control in the production ar-
eas in the entire national territory.
Data from demonstration fields attest
that it would be possible to reduce by up to
50% the number of insecticide applications
during the growing seasons, with the intro-
duction of IPM-Soybean. “It would elimi-
nate the unnecessary applicationswhen no
pests exist or on very small populations of
pests”, explains researcher Adeney de Fre-
itas Bueno, from the Integrated Pest Man-
agement department at Embrapa Soy-
bean. In the State of Paraná, the “Plant
Your Future” program, conducted by the
Emater, in partnership with other institu-
Inor Ag. Assmann
Delays in the application of
pesticides protect the natural
enemies of the pests
The introductionof IPM-Soybeaninthefieldsbringsproductiveadvantagestothe
farmersandtheenvironment,withareductionintheapplicationof insecticides
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