creators_name: Litterick, Audrey M
creators_name: Watson, Christine A
creators_name: Atkinson, David
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-20
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:23
metadata_visibility: show
title: Crop protection in organic agriculture - a simple matter?
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
subjects: 9weed
subjects: knowledge
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR;  crop protection; strategies; pests and diseases; weed
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Crop protection strategies in organic agriculture and horticulture aim to prevent pest, disease and weed problems through optimisation of the cropping system as a whole. Choice of crops and varieties within the rotation and use of appropriate husbandry practices are critical to the success of the system and direct curative action against pests and diseases is rarely necessary. Research is urgently needed to determine strategies for control of key pests and diseases in organic systems if UK organic agriculture is to expand to meet increasing consumer demand. This paper describes current prevention and control strategies for pests, diseases and weeds in UK organic agriculture and identifies problems that are currently limiting expansion of the industry. 
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 203-206
refereed: never
referencetext: Robson M C; Watson C A; Fowler S M; Leitch M; Robinson D; Litterick A M (2001) The agronomic and economic potential of break crops for ley/arable rotations in temperate organic agriculture. Advances in Agronomy 77, In Press. 
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Wolfe M S (1985) The current status and prospects of multiline and variety mixtures for disease resistance. Annual Review of Phytopathology 23, 251-273.  
citation: Litterick, Audrey M; Watson, Christine A and Atkinson, David (2002) Crop protection in organic agriculture - a simple matter? UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 203-206.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8393/1/litterick_crop_protection.pdf