Organic Friends' E‑zine: May 2015
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In this issue:
- This month we continue the series of Question & Answer style articles with the lead researchers of Organic Science Cluster II. These articles capture conversations with the researchers about themselves, their research, and the potential impacts of their work.
- The People Behind the Research:
- The People Behind the Research:
- Participatory Plant Breeding for Canadian Organic Crop Production
- Natural Systems Agriculture. 2015
- Natural Systems Agriculture. 2015
Field Crops
- Mulch-based weed control
- Grainews. 2015
Crop Rotation
- Cover Crops as Beneficial Insect Habitats: Observations from a Demonstration Organic Market Farm [PDF – 4.3 MB]
- Kerr Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. 2015
Pest Management
- Flea Beetle: Organic Control Options
- ATTRA. 2015
Livestock
- Pastured Poultry: Egg Production
- ATTRA. 2015
- Managing Internal Parasites: Success Stories
- ATTRA. 2015
- Tips for Preventing Internal Parasites
- ATTRA. 2015
Ecology and Environment
- Establishing Native Pollinator Habitat Organically: Tips from our Experience at Kerr Centre [PDF - 3.0 MB]
- Kerr Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. 2015
Soils and Fertility
- Increasing the productivity and product quality of vegetable crops using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A review
- Scientia Horticulturae (2015) 187: 131-141
- The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in reducing soil nutrient loss
- Trends in Plant Science (2015) 20: 283-290
Horticulture
- Soil quality response to cover crops and amendments in a vineyard in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Scientia Horticulturae (2015) 188: 6-14
- Weed Management in Autumn Fresh Market Spinach: A Nonchemical Alternative
- HortTechnology (2015) 25: 177-184
Field Crops
- Mapping QTL, Selection Differentials, and the Effect of Rht-B1 under Organic and Conventionally Managed Systems in the Attila × CDC Go Spring Wheat Mapping Population
- Crop Science (2015) 55: 1129-1142
- Organic vs conventional farming: Differences in infection by mycotoxin-producing fungi on maize and wheat in Northern and Central Italy
- Crop Protection (2015) 72: 22-30
- A review of the potential for competitive cereal cultivars as a tool in integrated weed management
- Weed Research (2015) 55: 239-248
Pest Management
- Allelopathy for weed control in agricultural systems
- Crop Protection (2015) 72: 57-65
- Under-sown cover crops and post-harvest mowing as measures to control Elymus repens
- Weed Research (2015) 55: 309-319
Livestock
- Effect of intrauterine infusion of an organic-certified product on uterine health, survival, and fertility of dairy cows with toxic puerperal metritis
- Journal of Dairy Science (2015) 98: 3120-3132
- Parasites and parasite management practices of organic and conventional dairy herds in Minnesota
- Journal of Dairy Science (2015) 98: 3143-3151
- Sustainability of milk production in the Netherlands – A comparison between raw organic, pasteurised organic and conventional milk
- International Dairy Journal (2015) 47: 19-26
Ecology and Environment
- Organic versus conventional systems in viticulture: Comparative effects on spiders and carabids in vineyards and adjacent forests
- Agricultural Systems (2015) 136: 61-69
- Significance and value of non-traded ecosystem services on farmland
- PeerJ (2015) 3: e762
Marketing and Economics
- Is there an expectation gap? Consumers’ expectations towards organic: An exploratory survey in mature and emerging European organic food markets
- British Food Journal (2015) 117: 1527-1546
- Message framing and consumer responses to organic seafood labeling
- British Food Journal (2015) 117: 1547-1563
- Organic brassica industry invited to take part in a national AAFC survey of the Cabbage Maggot
- Latest proposed answers to questions regarding the National Standards for Organic Agriculture [PDF - 423 kB]. Comment period open to June 22, 2015
- Standards Interpretation Committee. 2015
- An interest in food takes root
- Dal News 2015
- The International Year of Soil is No Dirty Joke
- Good Magazine. 2015
Organic Friends' E-Zine May 2015, Volume 11, Issue 7
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