Precise timing of pesticide applications, as recommended by decision‐support systems, can ensure crop protection, while maintaining efficient use of pesticides, yet farmers often deviate from recommended timing strategies. Here, we assess and explain farmersʼ choices to follow or not follow recommendations for the timing of fungicide applications against potato late blight in Switzerland.

中文翻译：

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农民为何偏离建议的农药时机：不确定性和信息的作用。

根据决策支持系统的建议，精确的农药施药时间可以确保作物保护，同时保持农药的有效使用，但农民通常会偏离建议的施药时间策略。在这里，我们评估并解释了农民在瑞士针对马铃薯晚疫病的杀真菌剂施用时机选择是否遵循建议。