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Soil and some plant products are still found to be contaminated by DDT residues or metabolites 30 years after its total ban. In order to ensure high quality of organic products and their compliance with the EU rules, following a monitoring carried out to assess DDT and its metabolites residues level in different soils, we started a research program to test some methods of soil remediation, using fungal...
Only products containing substances listed in the Regulations (EC) No 889/2008 and 354/2014 can be used in the protection of organic crops. Despite the common list of active substances and schemes of qualifying products for use in organic farming, availability of measures to protect organic farming in the Member States vary widely. The paper presents data collected in 2017. Obtaining information concerning...
Intensification of agriculture is one of the threats to the environment. Large amounts of applied mineral fertilizers and chemical plant protection products cause soil pollution, as well as pollution of surface and ground waters. Some of the harmful substances get into the human digestive tract through plants and animals. Therefore, more and more people introduce organic food into the menu in the...
A specific objective of this paper was to evaluate a quality of the fruit of individual cultivars Rubus taking into account their usefulness to organic farming. The berry fruits belong to different botanical groups. Type of the fruits is common feature of those fruits. To this fruit group belongo: raspberry (Rubus idaeus), tayberry (Rubus fruticosus x Rubus idaeus), black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis...
The interest in organic farming, due to the increasing demand for food free of residues of plant protection chemicals, mineral fertilizers and heavy metals, is getting bigger and bigger. However, it should be remembered that in addition to avoiding the use of chemical methods for plant protection and care, as well as growth stimulators and antibiotics in animal breeding, it is also important to reduce...
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