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Articles

AGROECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE BIOLOGICAL PEST REGULATION IN HORTICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Article number

933_2

Pages

35 – 41

Language

English

Abstract

Agroecology utilizes principles to favor natural processes and biological inter-actions and synergies so that biodiverse horticultural agroecosystems are able to sponsor their own soil fertility, crop protection and productivity through the activation of soil biology, the recycling of nutrients, the enhancement of beneficial arthropods and antagonists.
Based on these principles agroecologists have developed diversification strategies to achieve crop health and soil quality key pillars of agro-ecosystem health.
The main goal is to enhance the immunity of the agroecosystem (e.g., natural pest control mechanisms) and regulatory processes (i.e., nutrient cycling) through agroecological designs that enhance functional biodiversity (soil biota, natural enemies, pollinators, etc.) that play ecological roles in the agroecosystem.
Results from agroecological experiments conducted in California on cruciferous cropping systems and vineyards are used to illustrate the potential of agroecology and biodiversity enhancement for pest regulation in horticultural production systems.

Publication

XXVIII International Horticultural Congress on Science and Horticulture for People (IHC2010): International Symposium on Organic Horticulture: Productivity and Sustainability

Authors

M.A. Altieri , C.I. Nicholls

Keywords

organic crops, agroecology, biological pest control

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.933.2

Online Articles (88)

1. THE GLOBAL EXTENT AND EXPANSION OF ORGANIC HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION

H. Willer | D. Granatstein | E. Kirby

2. AGROECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE BIOLOGICAL PEST REGULATION IN HORTICULTURAL SYSTEMS

M.A. Altieri | C.I. Nicholls

3. PRE-HARVEST, HARVEST AND POST-HARVEST STRATEGIES FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

R.K. Prange

4. TRADITIONAL AND COMMERCIAL TOMATO CULTIVARS EVALUATION FOR ORGANIC HORTICULTURE IN TWO REGIONS OF SPAIN, CACERES AND MADRID

5. AGRONOMIC AND QUALITY EVALUATION OF SPANISH MELON LANDRACES GROWN UNDER ORGANIC FARMING IN EXTREMADURA

6. MELON CULTIVARS EVALUATION FOR ORGANIC HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN EXTREMADURA

H. Sánchez-Giráldez | M. Ramos | C. de la Cuadra

7. LOCAL LANDRACES OF DRY BEANS (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.): A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN GREECE

I. Papadopoulos | F. Papathanasiou | C. Vakali | E. Tamoutsidis | Y. Kazoglou

8. EVALUATION OF SPANISH ONION LANDRACES FOR INCORPORATION INTO ORGANIC FARMING

J.M. Gutiérrez-Perera | J. Gragera-Facundo | C.G. Gil-Torralvo | F. Acero-Gómez

9. EFFECTS OF COMPOST MATURATION AND TIME OF APPLICATION ON THE GROWTH AND NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION BY ORGANIC CABBAGE

I. Mourão | A.L. Amaro | L.M. Brito | J. Coutinho

10. COMPOST BASED GROWING MEDIA FOR ORGANIC MELON SEEDLINGS PRODUCTION

11. YIELD AND NITROGEN UPTAKE OF WHITE CABBAGE (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA) WITH ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILISERS

L.M. Brito | A.L. Amaro | I. Mourão | L. Moura

12. EFFECT OF HYDROGELS AND ORGANIC COMPOSTS ON SOIL HYDROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND ON PRODUCTION OF TOMATO

O.A. El-Hady | S.M. Shaaban | SH.A. Wanas

13. RESPONSE OF TOMATO CROPS (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM ‘MONTECARLO’) TO SEWAGE SLUDGE-BASED COMPOST FERTILIZATION

E. Llorens | A. Gallardo | P. García-Agustín | L. Lapeña | M.J. Molina

14. COMPARING THE YIELD OF THREE PEPPER CULTIVARS IN TWO GROWING SYSTEMS, ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL, IN EXTREMADURA (SPAIN)

J. Gragera-Facundo | C. Daza-Delgado | C.G. Gil-Torralvo | J.M. Gutiérrez-Perera | A. Esteban-Perdigón

15. INCREASING ORGANIC PRODUCTION OF SUMMER SQUASH BY MODULATING PLANT SEX RATIO

A.A.A. Glala | E.E.H. Abd El-Samad | S.O. El-Abd | H.A. Obiadalla-Ali

16. USE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN MELON CROPPING

17. EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY ON ROOT GROWTH AND ROOT EXUDATES OF CUCURBITA PEPO ‘LUOREN’

Cao Lixia | Chen Guilin

18. ORGANIC LETTUCE GROWTH AND NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION IN RESPONSE TO LIME AND HORSE MANURE COMPOST

L.M. Brito | R. Pinto | I. Mourão | R. Rodrigues | J. Coutinho

19. EFFECT OF GREEN MANURING, MULCHING, COMPOST AND MICROORGANISM INOCULATION ON SIZE AND YIELD OF LETTUCE

P.K. Borthakur | S.W. Tivelli | L.F.V. Purquerio

20. EFFECT OF PLANT PREPARATIONS ON LETTUCE YIELD

M.C. Rivera | E.R. Wright | S. Salice | M.C. Fabrizio

21. RESPONSE OF PROTECTED ORGANIC PEA CROP TO INCREASED APPLICATION RATE OF MANURE COMPOST

I. Mourão | R. Pinto | L.M. Brito | R. Rodrigues

22. THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC FERTILIZATION ON GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM L.) IN BAHÍA BLANCA REGION, ARGENTINA

23. SHEEP WOOL AS FERTILISER FOR VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS IN ORGANIC FARMING

M. Böhme | I. Pinker | H. Grüneberg | S. Herfort

24. EFFECT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL AND BIOLOGICAL AMENDMENTS ON PEAR TREE PERFORMANCE AND SOIL MICROBIAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

L. van Schoor | P.J.C. Stassen | A. Botha

25. ORGANIC HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS RESEARCH – MANAGEMENT OF PLANT NUTRITION, IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS, WEEDS AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

B. Strik | D. Bryla | H. Larco | J. Julian

26. EFFECTS OF ORGANIC FERTILISATION ON ‘VALENCIA LATE’ ORANGE BEARING TREES

27. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY IN INTEGRATED AND ORGANIC APPLE ORCHARDS

P.T. Nagy | J. Nyéki | Z. Szabó

28. ORGANIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN HIGH DENSITY GUAVA ORCHARD

S.K. Mitra | M.R. Gurung | P.K. Pathak

29. EFFECT OF BIO-FERTILIZER AND ORGANIC MANURES ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF ‘RED FLESHED’ GUAVA

D.H. Dwivedi | R. Lata | R.B. Ram | M. Babu

30. SHORT TERM EFFECTS OF MANURE FERTILIZATION IN A HAZELNUT ORCHARD IN NORTHERN ITALY

A.K. Cerutti | G.L. Beccaro

31. INFLUENCES OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC FERTILIZERS AND AMENDMENTS ON NEMATODE TROPHIC GROUPS AND SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES DURING STRAWBERRY GROWTH

E. Malusa | L. Sas-Paszt | P. Trzcinski | A. Górska

32. RESPONSE OF ‘SMOOTH CAYENNE’ PINEAPPLE TO ORGANIC FERTILIZER IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA

I.O.O. Aiyelaagbe | A.A. Oshuniyi | J.O. Adegoke

33. CULTIVATION OF PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS USING SUPPLEMENTED SPENT OYSTER MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE

A. Pardo-Giménez | M.R. Picornell Buendía | J.A. de Juan Valero | J.E. Pardo-González | D. Cunha Zied

34. EFFECT OF ORGANIC NUTRITION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BETEL VINE (PIPER BETLE L.) ‘AMBADI’

N.K. Hegde | S. Patil | V.S. Shashidhar

35. RESPONSE OF CURRY LEAF (MURRAYA KOENIGII SPRENG) ‘SUVASINI’ FOR FOLIAR SPRAY OF VERMIWASH AND NUTRITIONAL TREATMENTS

N.K. Hegde | R. Siddappa | S.I. Hanamashetti

36. VARIATION OF COMPOST PHYTOTOXICITY DURING A COMPOSTING PROCESS

37. USING PHOSPHOGYPSUM AND VINASSE FOR ENRICHMENT OF RUMINANT CONTENT COMPOSTING IN THE TROPICS

H.O. Ramirez-Guerrero | G. Molina-Aguilera | J.C. Moyeja-Guerrero

38. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GAOYAO PEAT FORMULATED SUBSTRATES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ZAMIOCULCAS ZAMIIFOLIA GROWTH

R. Qian | F. Liao | B. Wang | G. Liang

39. EFFECTS OF COVER CROPS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF ORGANICALLY GROWN GREENHOUSE TOMATOES

H. Duyar | Y. Tuzel | G.B. Oztekin

40. EVALUATION OF PRE-CROPS AND ORGANIC FERTILIZATION PROGRAM ON SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ON THE SUBSEQUENT CROP UNDER MEDITERRANEAN CONDITIONS: CASE OF SOUTH OF ITALY

Z. Al Chami | L. Al Bitar | N. Amer | D. Baysal | U. Aksoy

41. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRE-CROPS IN A THREE-YEAR ROTATION PROGRAM FOR ORGANIC VEGETABLE PRODUCTION

42. ANNUAL SELF-RESEEDING LEGUMES AND THEIR APPLICATION INTO MEDITERRANEAN ORGANIC CROPPING SYSTEMS

N. Driouech

43. MULCHES INCREASE YIELD AND IMPROVE WEED CONTROL IN NO-TILL ORGANIC BROCCOLI (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS)

J.C. Díaz-Pérez | S.C. Phatak | J. Ruberson | R. Morse

44. WHITE CABBAGE PRODUCTIVITY IN INTERCROPPING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

M. Bavec | M. Zuljan | M. Robačer | F. Bavec

45. THE EFFECTS OF BIOTIC INTERACTION BETWEEN TOMATO AND COMPANION PLANTS ON YIELD

L.M. de Carvalho | I.R. de Oliveira | N.A. Almeida | K.R. Andrade

46. COVER CROPS AS NITROGEN SOURCE FOR ORGANIC FARMING IN SOUTHWEST EUROPE

A. Perdigão | J. Coutinho | N. Moreira

47. INVESTIGATING COMPONENT SPECIES PROPORTIONS IN A CEREAL-LEGUME COVER CROP MIXTURE UNDER ORGANIC MANAGEMENT

Z.D. Hayden | M. Ngouajio | D.C. Brainard

48. EFFECT OF WHITE CLOVER (TRIFOLIUM REPENS ‘HUIA’) COVER CROP ON AGRONOMIC PROPERTIES AND SOIL BIOLOGY IN AN ORGANIC PEACH ORCHARD

C.-E. Parveaud | C. Gomez | C. Bussi | Y. Capowiez

49. EFFECT OF SOME LEGUME COVER CROPS AND ORGANIC FERTILIZER ON PETIOLE NUTRIENT CONTENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND FRUIT COMPOSITION OF ‘THOMPSON SEEDLESS’ GRAPEVINES

M.H. Rizk

50. WEED MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC ONION PRODUCTION: OPTIMIZING CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE AND MECHANICAL WEED CONTROL TO REDUCE HAND LABOUR

M. Koller | A. Vieweger

51. EFFECTIVENESS OF SOIL SOLARIZATION AND BIOFUMIGATION FOR THE CONTROL OF CORKY ROOT AND ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE MELOIDOGYNE SPP. ON TOMATO

L. Moura | I. Queiroz | I. Mourão | L.M. Brito | J. Duclos

52. THE INHIBITIVE EFFECTS OF GARLIC BULB CRUDE EXTRACT ON FULVIA FULVA OF TOMATO

T.T. Wei | Z.H. Cheng | Q. Ma | L. Han

53. ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF SPICES EXTRACTS AGAINST SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII

E.A. Adesegun | O.S. Adebayo | A.K. Akintokun

54. PROTECTION OF EGGPLANT AND CHILLI FROM BACTERIAL WILT (RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM) WITH ANTAGONISTIC BACTERIA

T. Arwiyanto | Y.S. Maryudani | S.D. Nurcahyanti

55. BIOFUMIGATION WITH BRASSICA JUNCEA PELLETS AND LEEK MATERIAL IN CARROT CROP ROTATIONS

K. Grevsen

56. COMPARATIVE FIELD EFFICACY OF VARIOUS ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI AGAINST THRIPS TABACI: PROSPECTS FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION OF ONION IN INDIA

P.N. Ganga Visalakshy | A. Krishnamoorthy

57. BIODEGRADABLE MULCH FILM IN A BROCCOLI PRODUCTION SYSTEM

J. López-Marin | A. Gonzalez | J.A. Fernández | J.L. Pablos | C. Abrusci

58. GROUND BEETLES (CARABIDAE) ARE AFFECTED BY MULCH IN ORGANIC HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRIES

J.M. Renkema | S.J. Walde | D.H. Lynch | G.C. Cutler | K. MacKenzie

59. FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY AND FARMING TECHNIQUES:HOW TO MEASURE IMPACTS?

60. SUSCEPTIBILITY OF JAPANESE PLUM CULTIVARS TO TRANZSCHELIA PRUNI-SPINOSAE UNDER ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN SPAIN

M. Castejón | F.T. Arroyo | P.A. García-Galavís | C. Santamaría | A. Daza

61. KEYS TO IMPROVE THE JAPANESE PLUM ORGANIC FARMING IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE CONDITIONS

62. SOD CULTURE MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTES TO SUSTAINABLE FRUIT GROWING THROUGH PROPAGATION OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND THEIR HELPER-MICROORGANISMS AND DECREASING OF AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

A.F. Cruz | T. Ishii

63. MATING DISRUPTION OF CODLING MOTH, CYDIA POMONELLA L., BY APPLICATIONS OF THE MICROENCAPSULATED FORMULATION CHECKMATE^® CM-F IN BULGARIA

H. Kutinkova | V. Dzhuvinov | J. Samietz | E. Casagrande

64. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROSY APPLE APHID WITHIN ITS HABITAT: SOME STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS IN APPLE TREES

65. AN EVALUATION OF SCAB CONTROL (VENTURIA INAEQUALIS) USING SULPHUR AS AN ORGANIC FUNGICIDE ON ‘BRAMLEY’S SEEDLING’ APPLE IN IRELAND

S. Mac an tSaoir | J. Mansfield | F. Ward

66. THE EFFECT OF CALCIUM HYDROXIDE PRE-PLANT SOIL TREATMENT ON APPLE REPLANT DISEASE

G. Brown | D. Jennings

67. ORGANIC MULCH IN APPLE TREE ROWS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HERBICIDE AND TO IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY

A.A. Solomakhin | Y.V. Trunov | M. Blanke | G. Noga

68. INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHICAL DIRECTION AND PISTACHIO CULTIVAR ON THE CAPTURE OF ADULT PISTACHIO PSYLLA BY YELLOW STICKY CARD

A. Fazeli Salmani | G.H. Davarynejad | H. Sadeghi

69. AROMATIC PLANTS AS SOURCES OF PHOTOACTIVE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS USEFUL TO CROP PROTECTION

O. Matos

70. NEMATOTOXIC EFFECTS OF A HOT WATER EXTRACT OF WASTE ASPARAGUS ROOTSTOCKS ON ROOT-LESION NEMATODE (PRATYLENCHUS PENETRANS)

71. EFFICIENCY OF OVIDIA ANDINA EXTRACTS IN THE CONTROL OF THE PLANT PATHOGEN RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI

72. SURVIVAL AND GENOTYPIC VARIATION OF PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATE AND P. MEDITERRANEA IN RESPONSE TO SOIL SOLARIZATION AND BIOFUMIGATION

L. Moura | I. Queiroz | I. Mourão | L.M. Brito | J. Duclos

73. A PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION AND SCREENING OF CULTURE CONDITIONS FOR AN ACTINOMYCETES STRAIN WITH INHIBITION ON AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS

Z. Liu | H. Ma | X. Jiao

74. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION, AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF ITALIAN TOMATOES (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) UNDER ORGANIC CROP MANAGEMENT

75. SOME INTERNAL QUALITY PROPERTIES OF WHITE CABBAGE FROM DIFFERENT FARMING SYSTEMS

M. Bavec | M. Turinek | S. Grobelnik Mlakar | N. Mikola | F. Bavec

76. EFFECTS OF SOIL TYPE AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION RATE ON THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF ORGANICALLY AND CONVENTIONALLY GROWN ENDIVE

S. De Pascale | R. Caputo | A. Maggio

77. EFFECT OF ORGANIC FERTILIZATION, RIPENING STAGE AND STORAGE ON QUALITY OF FRUITS OF ‘STARK REDGOLD’ NECTARINE

78. ORGANIC ACIDS CONCENTRATION IN CITRUS JUICE FROM CONVENTIONAL VERSUS ORGANIC FARMING

79. ARE ORGANIC APPLES REALLY HEALTHIER?

P.T. Nagy | J. Nyéki | Z. Szabó

80. IMPROVEMENT OF VITAMIN C, PHENOLICS AND COLOURATION IN APPLE FRUIT WITH ORGANIC MULCH USED AS A REFLECTIVE MATERIAL

A.A. Solomakhin | Y.V. Trunov | M. Blanke | G. Noga

81. USING ALOE VERA AS A PREHARVEST TREATMENT TO MAINTAIN POSTHARVEST ORGANIC TABLE GRAPE QUALITY

82. REDUCING BARRIERS FOR CONVERSION TO ORGANIC VEGETABLE PRODUCTION BY IMPROVING REGIONAL VALUE NETWORKS – THREE CASES FROM GERMANY

B. König | A. von Allwörden | W. Bokelmann

83. BOTTLENECKS FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND THE WAY OUT – THE CASE OF CURITIBA’S METROPOLITAN AREA BRAZIL

H.A. Cidade Junior | N.N. Fonte

84. HORTICULTURAL ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN VIETNAM: TECHNICAL OR ECONOMIC QUESTIONS?

85. CONSUMER PREFERENCE OF APPLE CULTIVARS SUITED FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND WHICH FACTORS INFLUENCE THE BUYING DECISION

F.P. Weibel | D. Kruczynska | D. Konopacka

86. ASSESSING CONSUMERS’ MINDSETS FOR PURCHASING ORGANIC AND LOCAL PRODUCE: IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED PRODUCT AND EMOTIONAL BENEFITS

I. Lesschaeve | B.L. Campbell | A.J. Bowen | S.R. Onufrey | H.R. Moskowitz

87. IS ORGANIC VEGETABLE PRODUCTION PAID FOR INCREASED RISK? A QUICK SCAN

L. Lauwers | L. De Cock | E. Wauters | J. de Wit

88. A CRITICAL VIEW ON DIRECT AREA PAYMENTS TO ORGANIC VEGETABLE PRODUCERS

L. De Cock | L. Lauwers | J. de Wit