{"id":8755,"date":"2025-09-24T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.caa.it\/research-and-laboratories-area\/agricolture-laboratory\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:35:07","slug":"agricolture-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.caa.it\/en\/activities\/research-and-laboratories-area\/agricolture-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricolture laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Agriculture of CAA Srl, for about twenty years, has carried out studies aimed at developing and spreading innovative techniques of defense with low environmental impact against diseases and insects harmful to agricultural crops (insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses and phytoplasmas) and provides technical assistance for the application of biological control and integrated on farms. The activities are supervised by the Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.distal.unibo.it\/it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agro-environmental Sciences and Technologies<\/a> \u2013 University of Bologna. Types of tests carried out by <strong>Test Center: 254<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"check\">\n<li>effectiveness of phytosanitary products;<\/li>\n<li>verification of development of resistance to active ingredients in the context of insect populations;<\/li>\n<li>impact on quantitative and \/ or qualitative yield;<\/li>\n<li>phytotoxicity towards target plants or plant products;<\/li>\n<li>observations concerning undesirable side effects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2604&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Fields of activity<\/strong>: Arboreal Crops, Herbaceous Crops, Ornamental Crops, Horticultural Crops, Weeding, Entomology, Nematology, Plant Pathology, Seed Production.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;quote-block&#8221;]<em><strong>Reference Standards<\/strong>: The Test Center operates according to the principles contained in the Legislative Decree 17 March 1995 n. 194 (and subsequent amendments) on the implementation of Dir. 19\/414 \/ CEE regarding the placing on the market of phytosanitary products.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The experimental efficacy tests are carried out according to the Principles of Good Experimental Practice (GEP) as foreseen by the European Organization for Plant Protection (EPPO) in the Guidelines for the Efficiency Evalutations of Plant Protection Prodocts vol. n. 1 (March 1999), vol. n. 2 (March 1997), vol. n. 3 (December 1997), vol. n. 4 (July 1998) and subsequent updates. In particular, for any test the guidelines No. 181 \u201cConduct and reporting of Efficiency Evaluations Trails\u201d and No. 152 \u201cDesign and analysis Efficacy Evaluations Trails\u201d. 152 \u201cDesign and analysis Efficacy Valutations Trails\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For tests concerning the collateral effects of plant protection products on useful organisms or non-target organisms, including phytophagous insect predators, the Test Center refers to the standard methods of the International Organization of Biological control (IOBC \/ WPRS) \u201cGuidelines for testing the effect of pesticides on benefits: description of test methods\u201d (IOBC \/ WPRS, 1992) and \u201cGuidelines to evaluate side-effect of plant protections products for no-target arthropods\u201d (IOBC \/ WPRS, 2000).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759753976115{padding-top: 2em !important;padding-bottom: 2em !important;background-color: #E8E8E8 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-4 vc_col-md-3 vc_col-xs-offset-1&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759754294770{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 2em !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Organizational Chart of the Agricolture laboratory<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-2 vc_col-xs-offset-1 vc_col-xs-10&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759754104167{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"button-wrapper sinistra\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ORG-11-Organigramma_Centro_Saggio.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Scarica organigramma\">Scarica organigramma<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Agriculture of CAA Srl, for about twenty years, has carried out studies aimed at developing and spreading innovative techniques of defense with low environmental impact against diseases and insects harmful to agricultural crops (insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses and phytoplasmas) and provides technical assistance for the application of biological control and integrated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8746,"parent":8745,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8755","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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