creators_name: Lueck, Lorna
creators_name: Velimirov, Alberta
creators_name: Shiel, Robert S.
creators_name: Cooper, Julia M.
creators_name: Leifert, Carlo
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-09-30
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:37:40
metadata_visibility: show
title: Effect of wheat production system components on food preference in rats 
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
full_text_status: public
keywords: wheat, food preference, systems comparison
abstract: In the study presented the effects of two major system components - fertility management and crop protection - were tested in a rat preference test for the first time. Wheat samples produced under 4 combinations of these management factors: -a) organic fertility and crop protection management, b) organic fertility management and conventional crop protection c) conventional fertility management and organic crop protection and d) conventional fertility management and crop protection - generated in the Nafferton factorial systems comparison (NFSC) trial at Newcastle University, were used as experimental diets. Results showed that the organically fertilised wheat was preferred by rats (P = 0.001) while the organic crop protection resulted in reduced wheat consumption (not significant). This might indicate that the rats did not sense or did not select against possible traces of plant protection agents but responded more clearly to differences that were caused by the fertility management.
date: 2008
date_type: published
refereed: yes
citation: Lueck, Dr. Lorna; Velimirov, Dr. Alberta; Shiel, Dr. Robert S.; Cooper, Dr. Julia M. and Leifert, Prof. Carlo (2008) Effect of wheat production system components on food preference in rats. 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/11867/1/11867.pdf