Soil fertility management and insect pests: harmonizing soil and plant health in agroecosystems

By M. Altieri, C. Nicholls. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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Eight principles of integrated pest management (2015, background): “Fertilization is known to affect sap-sucking insects and mites (Altieri and Nicholls 2003), plant pathogenic fungi (Snoeijer et al. 2000), and bacteria (Lamichhane et al. 2013).”
On-farm evaluation of the 'push-pull' technology for the control of stemborers and striga weed on maize in western Kenya (2008, background): “…farmers, cropping practices that replenish and maintain high soil organic matter and also enhance the level and diversity of soil macro and microbiota provide an environment that through various processes enhances plant health, leading to enhanced grain yields (Altieri and Nicholls, 2003).”
Agroecology: Principles for the Conversion and Redesign of Farming Systems (2016, background): “Soils with high organic matter content and rich biological activity exhibit good soil fertility as well as complex food webs with many beneficial microorganisms that prevent infection [56].”
Suppression of tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) and cucumber beetles (Acalymma vittatum and Diabotrica undecimpunctata) populations and damage by vermicomposts (2006, background): “It has been shown that various organic amendments, including manures and composts to soil, can suppress pest incidence, populations and damage to plants growing in the amended soils (Chellemi, 2002; Altieri and Nicholls, 2003; Atkinson et al., 2004).”
Agroecosystem management and biotic interactions: a review (2011, background): “Leaf grazers ingest plant tissues in their entirety, including the vacuoles (Letourneau 1988; Funderburk et al. 1994; Altieri and Nicholls 2003), whereas sap-sucking pests insert their stylets between cells to reach the phloem, avoiding the vacuoles and the potentially harmful chemical compounds…”
Biological Control of Insect Pests in Agroecosystems: Effects of Crop Management, Farming Systems, and Seminatural Habitats at the Landscape Scale: A Review (2010, background): “Moreover, plant resistance to insect pests varies considerably with age, growth stage, and physiology of the plant (Altieri and Nicholls, 2003).”
Multi-scale effects of landscape complexity and crop management on pollen beetle parasitism rate (2011, background): “Various more extensive farming practices, such as increased within-field plant diversity or reduced soil tillage, are now recognized as limiting the negative effects of agricultural intensification on natural enemies (Altieri and Nicholls 2003; Gurr et al. 2003).”
Participatory Evaluation of Integrated Pest and Soil Fertility Management Options Using Ordered Categorical Data Analysis (2010, background): “Healthy soils grow healthy crops or healthy crops require healthy soils to grow (Altieri and Nicholls, 2003).”
Fall armyworm in Africa: a guide for integrated pest management (2018, background): “Medium: if additional input purchase is required Extensionists, farmers, agrodealers Altieri and Nicholls (2003); Morales et al. (2001); Rossi et al. (1987) Intercropping with compatible companion crops or fertilizer trees Plant additional crops in strips, rows, or stations between the main crop…”
Effects of plant nutrient availability and host plant species on the performance of two Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) (2008, background): “The phytochemical changes in host plants, due to fertilization, may in turn affect the pest species that utilize the host plants ( Altieri and Nicholls, 2003 ).”