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Flower reservoirs in organic stone fruit orchards: promoting functional biodiversity with a low input strategy

Reinbacher, Lara; Muller, Roxane; Friedli, Michael; Boutry, Clémence; Amsler, Sara; Baumgartner, Fabian; Pfiffner, Lukas; Saussure, Stephanie and Lucas-Barbosa, Dani (2024) Flower reservoirs in organic stone fruit orchards: promoting functional biodiversity with a low input strategy. In: FOEKO e.V. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Organic Fruit-Growing, Filderstadt 2024.02.19-21, pp. 132-133.

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Promotion of biodiversity has great potential to contribute to organic fruit growing by increasing and facilitating natural pest control. Flower strips are a known management strategy used in orchards and vegetable production and used to provide habitat for beneficial insects increasing biocontrol of pests and pollination of crop plants. However, in organic stone fruit production perennial flowers strips are not as widely implemented because of the logistical challenges (for example additional machinery) and high efforts needed for maintenance of flowers strips. Pest population build up in orchards is facilitated by enclosures and therefore there is a need to promote biocontrol agent’s diversity and abundance in orchards as well as pollination. The overall goal of this research project is to test whether flower reservoirs implemented in areas adjacent to the tree rows and in anchoring areas where tractors do not transit can provide similar benefits as those provided by flower strips in the orchard alley, while reducing the logistical challenges and maintenance efforts needed from farmers, and therefore, increasing its acceptance and implementation.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Poster
Keywords:Functional agrobiodiversity, Functional biodiversity, stone fruits, biocontrol, pollination, Abacus, FiBL25128, fruit
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
agrobiodiversity
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37977
English
fruit crops
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3120
English
stone fruits
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_25461
English
biocontrol -> biological control
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_918
English
pollination
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6073
Subjects: Environmental aspects > Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Crop husbandry > Production systems > Fruit and berries
Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Crop protection > Biocontrol
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Crop protection > Functional agrobiodiversity
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Special crops > Fruit
Related Links:https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/2481
Deposited By: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL
ID Code:54960
Deposited On:25 Feb 2025 09:22
Last Modified:25 Feb 2025 09:22
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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