creators_name: Eyre, M.D.
creators_name: Labanowska-Bury, D.
creators_name: White, R.
creators_name: Leifert, C.
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-09-23
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:37:21
metadata_visibility: show
title: Beneficial Invertebrate Activity in Organic and Conventional Vegetable Fields in Eastern England
ispublished: pub
subjects: 1organics
subjects: 7biodiversity
full_text_status: public
keywords: Beneficial invertebrates; organic vegetables; field margins; farm management
abstract: Beneficial invertebrate activity was assessed in 2005 and 2006 in three organic and one conventional vegetable field using pitfall and pan traps. Data was generated from a total of 208 trapping sites in cauliflower, leek, cabbage, purple sprouting broccoli and calabrese crops and 80 sites in planted field margins. More activity of epigeal invertebrates was found in Brassica fields compared with leek fields and there was more in organic than conventional Brassica fields. Activity of useful invertebrate groups in the field margins decreased with vegetation development and there appears to be a need for management of margins in order to optimise activity of the most appropriate beneficial groups for the crop planted.
date: 2008
date_type: published
refereed: yes
citation: Eyre, Dr M.D.; Labanowska-Bury, Ms D.; White, Mr R. and Leifert, Prof C. (2008) Beneficial Invertebrate Activity in Organic and Conventional Vegetable Fields in Eastern England. Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/11474/1/Eyre_11474_ed.doc