Insect and Fungus Control in Organic Horticulture

• Insect Management
• Disease Management
  

Insect Management

• NEW!! Agricultural intensification drives landscape-context effects on host–parasitoid interactions in agroecosystems
• NEW!! Comparison of Steinernema feltiae, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and Azadirachtin to control Sciarids in Organic potted herbs
• NEW!! Effect of Cover Crops on Aphids, Whiteflies, and Their Associated Natural Enemies in Organic Squash
• NEW!! Emergence of Blueberry Maggot Flies From Mulches and Soil at Various Depths
• NEW!! Investigating the effects of crop type, fertility management and crop protection on the activity of beneficial invertebrates in an extensive farm management comparison trial

• Below- and aboveground abundance and distribution of fungal entomopathogens in experimental conventional and organic cropping systems
• Bio-collector as an Alternative Method for the Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle
• Biodiversity in Organic Horticulture – an Indicator for Sustainability and a Tool for Pest Management
• Companion Planting and Colorado Potato Beetle
• The Control of Apple Maggots in Organic Orchards with GF-120 NF Naturalyte Fruit Fly Bait
• Crop and field boundary influences on the activity of a wide range of beneficial invertebrate groups on a split conventional/organic farm in northern England Annual legume green manures and their acceptability to grasshoppers
• Decreased Functional Diversity and Biological Pest Control in Conventional Compared to Organic Crop Fields

• Do wildflower strips enhance pest control in organic cabbage?
• Effect of Fractionated Tagetes Oil Volatiles on Aphid Reproduction
• Effect of Surround WP on Behavior and Mortality of Apple Maggot
• Effect of Within-Crop Diversity on Colonization by Pest Insects
• Effects of autumn kaolin and pyrethrin treatments on the spring population of Dysaphis plantaginea in apple orchards
• The effects of farming system and fertilisers on pests and natural enemies: A synthesis of current research
• Effects of flower attractiveness and nectar availability in field margins on biological control by by parasitoids

• A few ideas about the invention of safe biopesticides
• Field applications of Beauveria bassiana to control the European cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi
• Generalist predators in organically and conventionally managed grass-clover fields: implications for conservation biological control
• Growth & survival of early-instar grasshoppers on perennial grasses
• Habitat manipulation of the apple orchard floor to increase ground-dwelling predators and predation of Cydia pomonella
• How to trap a slug: Commercial versus homemade slug traps
• The impact of biological pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

• Impact of reflective mulch on yield of strawberry plants and incidence of damage by Tarnished Plant Bug
• Impact of wildflower strips on biological control of cabbage lepidopterans
• Incorporation of GF-120 Naturalyte Fruit Fly Bait into orchard integrated pest management (IPM) for apple maggot (mouche de la pomme)
• Influence of Fertilization on the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), in Organic Potato Production.
• Insect behavioural ecology and other factors affecting the control efficacy of agro-ecosystem diversification strategies
• Kaolin: a new alternative to manage the striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum, in cucumber
• Landscape structure influences modularity patterns in farm food webs: consequences for pest control

• Life history data of the rosy apple aphid on plantain and as migrant to apple
• Management of weeds, apple sawfly and plum curcuclio with cellulose sheeting
• Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe
• Organic agriculture promotes evenness and natural pest control
• Organic and conventional fertilizer effects on a tritrophic interaction: parasitism, performance and preference of Cotesia vestalis
• Physical barriers applied to soil surface in the field and in the greenhouse to prevent oviposition by cabbage maggot
• Physical Control of Colorado Beetle in Comparison with Bio-insecticide

• Plant Volatiles-based Insect Pest Management in Organic Farming 
• Possibilities for Non-chemical Control of Colorado Potato Beetle
• Predation by Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on immature Rhagoletis mendax Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae) in semi-field and field conditions
• Quality deficiencies on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers caused by Rhizoctonia solani, wireworms (Agriotes ssp.) and slugs (Deroceras reticulatum, Arion hortensis) in different farming systems
• Relationships between beneficial invertebrates, field margin vegetation, and thrip damage in organic leek fields in eastern England
• Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management
• The role of natural enemies on the population dynamics of the rosy apple aphid in organic apple orchards in south-eastern France

• Survival and growth of peach trees and pest populations in orchard plots managed with experimental ground covers
• Temperature effects on egg development of the rosy apple aphid and forecasting of egg hatch

Disease Management

• NEW!! Cost Benefit Analysis of Using Grafted Transplants for Root-knot Nematode Management in Organic Heirloom Tomato Production
• NEW!! Efficacy of Organically Acceptable Materials for Control of Mummy Berry Disease on Lowbush Blueberries in Maine

• Alternative Organic Fungicides for Apple Scab Management and Their Non-target Effects
• A few ideas about the invention of safe biopesticides
• Are there alternatives to copper for controlling grapevine downy mildew in organic viticulture?
• Community Composition and Antibiosis Ability of Potato Phylloplane
• Control of Powdery Mildew in Organic Greenhouse Melon Cultivation
• Disease Suppression of Potting Mixes Amended with Composted Biowaste
• Does organic farming increase soil suppression against Fusarium wilt of melon?

• Effect of non-aerated compost teas on damping-off pathogens of tomato
• Effect of Organic Fertilizers on Regeneration of Biodiversity After Soil Steaming in Organic Glasshouses
• Effects of conventional and organic nitrogen fertilizers on soil microbial activity, mycorrhizal colonization, leaf antioxidant content, and Fusarium wilt in highbush blueberry
• Evaluation of biocontrol preparations and plant extracts for the control of Phytophthora infestans on potato leaves
• Identification of Measures for Prevention of Black Spots in Carrots
• Impact of soil health management practices on soilborne pathogens, nematodes and root diseases of vegetable crops
• Induction of plant defence compounds by Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 and Bacillus subtilis BSCBE4 in controlling damping-off of hot pepper caused by Pythium aphanidermatum
• Management of soil-borne pathogens with organic soil amendments: a diverse control strategy salvaged from the past

• Manipulation of rhizosphere bacterial communities to induce suppressive soils
• Organic Foliar Treatments for Potato Late Blight Control
• Organically grown tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.): bioactive compounds in the fruit and infection with Phytophthora infestans
• Peach brown rot incidence related to pathogen infection at different stages of fruit development in an organic peach production system
• Quality deficiencies on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers caused by Rhizoctonia solani, wireworms (Agriotes ssp.) and slugs (Deroceras reticulatum, Arion hortensis) in different farming systems
• Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management
• Slaked Lime Against European Fruit Tree Canker

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