SYSTEMY WSPOMAGAJĄCE PODEJMOWANIE DECYZJI W OCHRONIE ROŚLIN – WYZWANIE DLA NAUKI I DORADZTWA ROLNICZEGO

The needs of Polish farmers in the area of transmission via the Internet the information about optimal dates for pesticide use are not meet satisfactorily. There is therefore an urgent need to make efforts for reducing the distance between Poland and leading, in the field of Internet use in plant protection, countries of North America and Western Europe. Realization of that task should be begun by creating conditions for increasing research aimed at developing mathematical models for estimating the risk of crops from pests. The establishment of the Centre for decision support systems in Plant Protection consisting of two cooperating institutions: Center for the Development of Pathogen Development Modeling and Software Center, Validation and Dissemination of Advisory Systems should speed up realization of this objective.