Interests and limits
Factors studied |
Positive effects |
Negative effects |
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Work organization |
- Possibility of additional harvest with the repellent plant and possibly the trap plant if it does not need to be destroyed. |
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Economy |
- Reduction of costs if reduction in the use of pesticides. - Increase in cash flow if cash crops are used for push-pull. |
- Additional costs induced by sowing, maintenance and harvesting or destruction of the trap plant. |
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Agronomy |
- Limitation of erosion at the edge of the plot. |
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Product qualities |
- Better visual aspect if reduced damage. |
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Environment |
- Reduced transfer of pollutants to water and air if treatments are avoided. |
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Energy consumption |
- Reduction in the number of passes to treat. |
- Variable increase depending on the trap crop and the energy consumed for its establishment, maintenance and harvesting or destruction. |