Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the economic viability by calculating the potential profits and expenses for farmers, and to simulate the impact of the application of a microbiological agent on the potato plant in a field trial. The field experiment aimed to identify the role of the biological agent while substituting the synthetic plant fertilization and protection. Methodology: The system dynamics method was applied to the data provided from one planting season of field experiments conducted in the framework of the PotatoMETABiome project. From eleven tested varieties on six different scenario plots, the most economically viable variety – Pasja Pomorska – was tested. The comparative approach was applied to show the results of inoculating potato plants with biological agents and using synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Results: The results show that the application of biocontrol agents increases the quality and quantity of the potato yield compared to a variant in which no synthetic agents are used. These are, however, higher while applying the latter. It can therefore be argued that the microbiological agent could support ecological potato production, yet it does not reach the economic break-even point yet. Conclusions: Bearing in mind the limitations resulting from the experimental nature of field research, the level of economic profitability of innovative biological preparations and the importance of their use in agriculture have been demonstrated.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Biocontrol agents increased the quality and quantity of potato yield compared with a variant without synthetic agents.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosume0 - Treatment
- application of biocontrol agentse1
- Outcome
- quality and quantity of the potato yielde1
- Direction
- increasese1
- Comparator
- a variant in which no synthetic agents are usede1
- Setting
- field triale0
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Verbatim
e0“simulate the impact of the application of a microbiological agent on the potato plant in a field trial”
e1“the application of biocontrol agents increases the quality and quantity of the potato yield compared to a variant in which no synthetic agents are used. These are, however, higher while applying the latter”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato yield was higher with synthetic pesticides and fertilizers than with biocontrol agents.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- using synthetic pesticides and fertilizerse2
- Outcome
- potato yielde1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- biocontrol agentse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“simulate the impact of the application of a microbiological agent on the potato plant in a field trial”
e1“the application of biocontrol agents increases the quality and quantity of the potato yield compared to a variant in which no synthetic agents are used. These are, however, higher while applying the latter”
e2“using synthetic pesticides and fertilizers”
Claim · model-written summary
The biological agent does not reach the economic break-even point for potato.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Outcome
- economic break-even pointe3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“simulate the impact of the application of a microbiological agent on the potato plant in a field trial”
e3“it does not reach the economic break-even point yet”
Claim · model-written summary
Pasja Pomorska was the most economically viable of the eleven tested potato varieties.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Material
- Pasja Pomorskae4
- Outcome
- economically viablee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“simulate the impact of the application of a microbiological agent on the potato plant in a field trial”
e4“the most economically viable variety – Pasja Pomorska – was tested”
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