Pest damage and arthropod community structure in organic vs. conventional tomato production in California

By D. Letourneau, Bruce Evan Goldstein. 2001

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

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Does landscape composition affect pest abundance and their control by natural enemies? A review (2013, background): “…m c e t b o s o A s S A t R A 16 A. Veres et al. / Agriculture, Ecosyste rop source pool in the landscape (for thrips: 6 den Belder et al., 002, for aphids: 12 Letourneau and Goldstein, 2001; 14 Meyhofer t al., 2008) and (v) may also be barriers for isolation (for thrips: den Belder et al., 2002).”
Abundance and Species Richness of Nocturnal Insects on Organic and Conventional Farms: Effects of Agricultural Intensification on Bat Foraging (2004, methodology): “This kind of paired design has been used widely in previous studies (Feber et al. 1997; Letourneau & Goldstein 2001).”
Arthropod pest management in organic crops. (2007, background): “Entomopathogens such as Bacillus thuringiensis or granulosis viruses have been used successfully against a wide range of pests in organic crops, such as lepidopteran species in tree fruits (3, 14, 27, 46), lepidopteran species in soybean (62), and lepidopteran species and the Colorado potato beetle ”
The influence of landscape context and farming practices on parasitism of cereal aphids (2005, background): “Although there is evidence that organic farming practices enhance the diversity of several arthropod groups (Dritschilo and Erwin, 1982; Kromp, 1989; Paoletti, 1995; Moreby et al., 1994; Letourneau and Goldstein, 2001 ), parasitism was not higher in organic than conventional fields.”
Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on A Social-Ecological Analysis of Diversified Farming Systems: Benefits, Costs, Obstacles, and Enabling Policy Frameworks Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs (2012, background): “For tomatoes, organic farms displayed an entirely different arthropod community structure than did conventional farms, with higher species richness for both pests and natural enemies, and higher abundance of natural enemies (Letourneau and Goldstein 2001).”
Organic versus Conventional Cropping Sustainability: A Comparative System Analysis (2018, background): “Letourneau and Goldstein, 2001 [42] Arthropod damage to leaves and fruit were similar in commercial tomatoes produced under organic and conventional management.”