EXploitation of Aphid Monitoring systems IN Europe
Environment Project EVK2-1999-00151

Station Fédérale de Recherches en Production Végétale de Changins

Personnel (click for email): Dr. Jacques Derron
Address: RAC Changins, C.P. 254, CH-1260 Nyon 1, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (22) 363 43 15. Fax: +41 363 43 94
Links: Institute
Summary of data and its usage

The Research Station at Changins employs 200 people. It has seven scientific departments:

Crops and pasture
Forestry and horticulture
Viticulture and wine production
Plant improvement and seed certification
Plant pathology
Agricultural zoology
Soil biology and chemistry

Within the Agricultural Zoology Department, the section on crop and soil entomology comprises eight people, and has operated a suction trap for studies on aphids since 1982. Since 1994 the trap has also been used to study `ballooning' by spiders. Near the trap is a weather station operated by the Swiss Institute of Meteorology.

The EXAMINE project conforms perfectly with the objectives of the agronomic research in Switzerland, with its emphasis on the long term impact of global change (human activity and climate) on ecosystems and biodiversity.

Previous member

Consortium

Next member