creators_name: Speiser, Bernhard
creators_name: Wyss, Eric
creators_name: Maurer, Veronika
editors_name: Eilenberg, J.
editors_name: Hokkanen, H.
type: bookchapter
datestamp: 2006-05-23
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:17
metadata_visibility: show
title: Biological Control in Organic Production: First choice or last option?
ispublished: pub
subjects: regulation
subjects: 6values
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: organic farming, biological control, IFOAM, EU-Öko-Verordnung, Ektoparasitenkontrolle, Endoparasitenkontrolle, Biocontrol
abstract: "Biological agriculture" is a synonym for organic farming, but the term was developed independently from ‘biological control’. Therefore, it cannot be taken for granted that all methods of biological control are acceptable or even a first choice in organic farming. In this chapter, we explore the attitude of organic farming towards methods of biological control. Although organic farming has become popular during the last decade, organic farms are still a minority in all countries. 

Furthermore there is a lack of profound knowledge about the regulatory framework for organic farming (i.e. public regulations and private standards). Therefore, we will firstly give a brief introduction to organic farming.
date: 2006
date_type: published
publication: An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control
publisher: Springer; Dordrecht, The Netherlands
pagerange: 27-46
refereed: yes
citation: Speiser, Bernhard; Wyss, Eric and Maurer, Veronika (2006) Biological Control in Organic Production: First choice or last option? In: Eilenberg, J. and Hokkanen, H. (Eds.) An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control, Springer; Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 27-46.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8357/1/speiser-etal-2006-biological_control-preprint.pdf