The potential impact of increasing pea cultivation areas in Latvia on the spread of pests and other harmful organisms, as well as on potential yield in other crop groups
Research Leader
Research Team
Duration
2025
Research Field
Ecology and controlling methods for invertebrate pests in agriculture
Useful organisms
Harmful organisms
Project description
Project tasks:
- Study of the biology of the most significant pea pests (e.g., pea moth, striped weevil, etc.) in Latvia;
- Investigation of the diversity of pathogenic fungi in pea fields in Latvia (including DNA analysis to identify which fungi cause diseases);
- The impact of legume cover crops on the spread of harmful organisms (monitoring on farms);
- The after-effect of peas on the yield indicators of the subsequent crop and on soil quality indicators (with emphasis on nitrogen balance).