EPPO code
The EPPO code , formerly also known as the Bayer code, is a system for the rapid identification of harmful organisms in agricultural crops and has become particularly popular in herbology . EPPO code is from the E uropean and Mediterraneaen P lant P rotection O rganization ( EPPO ) is responsible.
In the case of harmful organisms, plants, animals and diseases are named with a unique code. The plants are identified by a 5-digit letter code. For other organisms there are 6 letters. Mostly the abbreviations are derived from the scientific names. For example, the EPPO code for maize ( Zea mays ) is ZEAMA or that for late blight and brown rot ( Phytophthora infestans ) of potatoes and tomatoes is PHYTIN. The advantage of this code is that once it is created it stays the same. So it is not subject to the ongoing changes and revisions that are common for scientific names and which ultimately lead to a whole series of synonyms .
The code originally came from the crop protection product manufacturer Bayer CropScience , but is now managed by EPPO and is therefore also known as the EPPO code.
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- ↑ P. Zwerger, HU Ammon et al .: Weeds: Ecology and Control , Verlag Eugen Ulmer, ISBN 3-8001-3846-8 , 2002, p. 387
- ↑ a b P. Zwerger and T. Eggers: Weed and arable wild plants in arable, vegetable, fruit, vine and ornamental plant cultivation, grassland and forest and on non-agricultural areas , Leaflet No. 62, 2nd edition, Institute for weed research of the BBA, 2003, pp. 1–31