12894: Trophobiosis Theory: A Pest Starves on a Healthy Plant
(2007) Trophobiosis Theory: A Pest Starves on a Healthy Plant. Elementals - Journal of Bio-Dynamics Tasmania 88:pp. 20-24.
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Summary
Pests shun healthy plants. Pesticides weaken plants. Weakened plants open the door to pests and disease. Hence pesticides precipitate pest attack and disease susceptibility, and thus they induce a cycle of further pesticide use.
This is the essence of Trophobiosis Theory, a thesis presented by Francis Chaboussou, an agronomist of the France’s National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), in “Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution”. After two decades, this important book is finally available in English.
Plant pathologist Chaboussou (b.1908 - d.1985) saw with a clear eye that just as there are iatrogenic, doctor-caused, medical problems, likewise there are agrogenic, farmer-caused, agricultural problems. Chaboussou offers a lifetime’s insight into his vision for an agriculture without pesticides, and in so doing he offers a scientific underpinning for organic and bio-dynamic agriculture.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Francis Chaboussou, trophobiosis theory, organic farming, organic agriculture, pests, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), green revolution, Healthy crops: a new agricultural revolution |
| Subject Areas: | Environmental aspects Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection "Organics" in general Food systems Farming Systems Knowledge management |
| Research affiliation: | Australia > Australian National University |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 12894 |
| Contact: | Paull, J |
| Deposited On: | 07 January 2008 |
| EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
| Published?: | Published |
| Peer Review Status: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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