Duplomb Law: Acetamiprid, a “spare wheel” for sugar beet growers in Hauts-de-France
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Adopted on July 8 by the National Assembly, the Duplomb law allows sugar beet growers to once again use acetamiprid to improve their yields. JOHAN BEN AZZOUZ / VOIX DU NORD/MAXPPP
The reintroduction of acetamiprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide known as a "bee killer," is one of the measures of the Duplomb law, following its ban in 2018. In Hauts-de-France, sugar beet growers see it as a necessary aid to deal with aphids, after several years of testing alternatives.
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I subscribeIt all starts with a barely visible yellowish spot in the middle of the field. One beet leaf is affected. Then its neighbors. The disease spreads over the days. The jaundice contaminates the plot. Photosynthesis stops, and the beets stop growing. Fearing this will happen again, the 23,000 French beet growers watch for the arrival of the green and black aphids each year between April and May, responsible for this spread that ruins harvests.
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