Plant protection

The cultivation of maize is prohibited in the Principality of Liechtenstein based on Art. 2, 4 and 13 CH-PGesV, on Art. 2 CH-PGesV-WBF-UVEK as well as on Directive No. 6 of the Federal Office for Agriculture of July 16, 2019 in the calendar year 2024, provided that maize was already cultivated on the relevant parcels in the calendar year 2023.

Appeal against this general ruling is deprived of suspensive effect based on Art. 116 para. 3 let. a LVG.

Information on the Mouse Rootworm

Fire blight is a highly contagious, common and notifiable bacterial disease.

Caused by the bacterium - Erwinia amylovora - it threatens pome fruit trees (apple, pear, quince) and various wild and ornamental shrubs of the Rosaceae.

Since 2008, the control strategy of the country has been based on the protection of varietal gardens and valuable high trunk stands (protected objects). In and around these protected objects, more intensive fire blight control is carried out within a radius of 500 meters. In the remaining area, the owner of the fruit trees is responsible for the control.

In the event of a suspected case, the municipality (forester/chief construction group) must be informed.

The placing on the market and planting of the following fire blight host plants is prohibited:

• Cotoneaster Ehrh.
• Stranvaesia Lindl.

Special permits are governed by the Ordinance on Agricultural Terms and the Recognition of Agricultural Enterprises (Agricultural Terms and Recognition Ordinance; LBAV; LGBl. 2009 No. 264).

Special permits are issued in the form of individual permits in writing and for a limited period of time by the Office for the Environment, Department of Agriculture.

The following information must be provided with the application:

• Reason for treatment
• Plant protection product applied for (W number of plant protection product)
• Application rate per hectare
• Parcel no. and municipality
• Area of the plot
• Evidence of achievement of control threshold with photo of damage ( e.g. number of pests per plant, %infestation on the plot)