Methodology of integrated plant production.

Draft integrated production methodology of sweet corn.

The draft of the integrated production methodology shall contain the following information:

1. Introduction
2. Integrated Production (IP) legislation and IP certification rules
3. Climate and soil requirements, and site selection
4. Selection of maize varieties sweet corn in integrated production
5. Pre-sowing tillage and sowing
6. Sustainable sweet corn fertilisation system
7. Integrated protection against agrophages
7.1. Weed infestation control
7.2. Reduction of disease perpetrators
7.3. Reduction of losses caused by pests
8. Biological methods in integrated sweet corn protection
9. Protection of useful entomofauna in sweet corn plantations
10. Appropriate selection of techniques of application of plant protection products
11. Hygienic and sanitary principles
12. Crop harvesting
13. Sweet corn development stages based on the BBCH scale
14. Rules for keeping records in integrated production
15. List of mandatory activities and treatments in sweet corn IP
16. IP checklist for vegetable crops