Introduction paper

contribution to session 6 Defining criteria for rejecting pesticide application equipment, authorization and monitoring of worksho

ENTAM and SPISE – Two essential elements for harmonisation of testing of plant protection equipment (PPE) in European Union*

ENTAM (European Network for Testing of Agricultural Machines) is a network of European bodies involved in testing agricultural machines which aims to promote the agricultural machinery performance certification by a «third part», to implement standardised tests of the performance, safety and environmental aspects of agricultural machinery and tools, to guarantee the agricultural machinery manufacturers that their machines fulfil the present standard requirements and to allow the farmer to have the necessary and certified technical information about machinery in order to make a correct choice when purchasing a new machine.SPISE (Standardised Procedure for the Inspection of Sprayers in Europe) is an European working group that aims to harmonise and promote sprayers inspection in the European Union (EU), to exchange information on sprayers inspection activities between EU Member States, to establish a pool of experts for consultations with the European Commission (DG SANCO) and to develop common rules for which Member States are responsible (subsidiarity).Both ENTAM and SPISE represent two essential elements for the harmonisation of testing of plant protection equipment (PPE) within the European Union and are strongly supported by the activity of the Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) (ex BBA) Application Technique Unit that has been led by Prof. Heinz Ganzelmeier until 2012. DOI: 10.5073/JfK.2014.10.06, https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2014.10.0

Conclusions of session 6

contribution to session 6 Defining criteria for rejecting pesticide application equipment, authorization and monitoring of worksho

Development of a Crop Adapted Spray Application (CASA) sprayer for orchards

In the EU-FP6 ISAFRUIT project a Crop Adapted Spray Application system (CASA) for precision crop protection was developed (Doruchowski et al., 2009). The system ensures efficient and safe spray application in orchards according to actual needs and with respect to the environment. The developed CASA system consist of three sub-systems: Crop Health Sensor (CHS) - identifying the health status of fruit crops to apply chemicals only when necessary; Crop Identification System (CIS) - identifying the tree canopy size and density to apply spray precisely at relevant doses; Environmentally Dependent Application Systems (EDAS) - identifying environmental circumstances and navigating the sprayer to adjust application parameters accordingly so that spray drift is minimised and direct water contamination is avoided