Crop species or crop group

As a rule, the specific crop species is to be documented with the associated BVL-EPPO information. An overarching crop group can be permissible in particular in ornamental plant and vegetable production, in nurseries, in forestry and in the home and allotment garden sector.

The prerequisite is that the plant protection product used is authorized for this crop group and, in addition, either there is no separate authorization for the specific crop species or several crop species of the same crop group are grown or treated at the same place of application. A crop group is therefore not a general substitute for a specific crop species.

Different varieties

Different varieties of the same crop species do not lead to several objects. What matters is the crop species or – in the cases provided for – the crop group. A contiguous vineyard or orchard area can therefore form a common object despite different varieties, as long as it is not interrupted by relevant structural elements or open areas.

Succession cropping

In succession cropping, the (sub-)field of the respective crop remains the overarching object. The individual batches are understood as sub-areas or treated sub-objects and do not each have to be georeferenced separately or created as their own object.

The batch actually treated can be documented via the size of the treated object and, if needed, additionally designated in the description field, for example as “Iceberg lettuce batch 2”.

Migratory and rotational cultivation

There is a simplification for certain migratory or rotational cultivation systems. This applies in particular to ornamental plant production including nurseries and to vegetable production, where crops or crop groups are grown on changing areas within a year during their production period, for example with batch changes or multiple use of the same area.

In these cases the geolocation and area specification can be based on the production site (Betriebsstätte). The production site is then the smallest unit to be considered, so that not every area that is used alternately has to be georeferenced separately.

Dressings of seed and planting material

DiPAgE is not limited to classic area treatments. “Beizung” (dressing) can also be chosen as the type of use; a distinction can then be made between seed treatment and planting material treatment.

For dressings, not the treated area but the treated quantity is documented, for example in grams, kilograms, decitonnes or tonnes. For seed or planting material treatments, no division into overarching object and treated sub-object is provided, because this separation is not practical for this type of application.

Applications in rooms and greenhouses

Besides outdoor applications and dressings, applications in closed rooms can also be documented. Depending on the context of use, this includes, for example, stores, greenhouses and other interior spaces. The type of use controls which follow-up details DiPAgE asks for and whether an area, a volume or a quantity is specified as the treated object.