General organic insect management resources
Scientific Results
Agricultural intensification drives landscape-context effects on host–parasitoid interactions in agroecosystems
Journal of Applied Ecology (2012) 49: 706-714
Agricultural landscape simplification and insecticide use in the Midwestern United States
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2011) 108: 11500-11505
Aphid performance and population development on their host plants is affected by weed–crop interactions
Journal of Applied Ecology (2013) 50: 1281-1288
An attract and kill tactic for click beetles based on Metarhizium brunneum and a new formulation of sex pheromone
Journal of Pest Science (2015) 88: 707-716
Attractiveness of flowering plants for natural enemies
Horticultural Science (2012) 39: 89-96
Below- and aboveground abundance and distribution of fungal entomopathogens in experimental conventional and organic cropping systems
Biological Control (2011) 59: 180-186
Biodiversity in Organic Horticulture – an Indicator for Sustainability and a Tool for Pest Management
Acta Horticulturae (2008) 767: 75-80
Comparison of invertebrate biodiversity in New Zealand apple orchards using integrated pest management, with or without codling moth mating disruption, or organic pest management
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 247: 379-388
Control of Scaphoideus titanus with Natural Products in Organic Vineyards
Control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii , by specific insecticides and by conventional and organic crop protection programs
Crop Protection (2013) 54: 126-133
Cover Crop Species and Management Influence Predatory Arthropods and Predation in an Organically Managed, Reduced-Tillage Cropping System
Environmental Entomology (2018) 47:340-355
Crop and field boundary influences on the activity of a wide range of beneficial invertebrate groups on a split conventional/organic farm in northern England
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2011) 101: 135-144
Crop cultivar affects performance of herbivore enemies and may trigger enhanced pest control by coaction of different parasitoid species
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 245: 74-82
Crop pests eaten by bats in organic pecan orchards
Crop Protection (2015) 67: 66-71
Decreased Functional Diversity and Biological Pest Control in Conventional Compared to Organic Crop Fields
PLoS ONE (2011) 6(5): e19502
Deployment of organic farming at a landscape scale maintains low pest infestation and high crop productivity levels in vineyards
Journal of Applied Ecology (2017) 55:1516-1525
Do farming practices affect natural enemies at the landscape scale?
Landscape Ecology (2015) 30: 125-140
The effect of fractionated Tagetes oil volatiles on aphid reproduction
Entomologia Expermentalis et Applicata (2005) 115: 153-159
The effects of farming system and fertilisers on pests and natural enemies: A synthesis of current research
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2011) 141: 261-270
Effects of flower attractiveness and nectar availability in field margins on biological control by parasitoids
Biological Control (2008) 46: 400-408
Effects of organic and conventional fertilizer treatments on host selection by the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae
Journal of Applied Entomology (2012) 136: 445-455
Efficacy of biopesticides on spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura in fall red raspberries
Journal of Applied Entomology (2018) 142:26-32
Exclusion of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug from Organically Grown Peppers Using Barrier Screens
HortTechnology (2016) 26: 191-198
Generalist predators in organically and conventionally managed grass-clover fields: implications for conservation biological control
Annals of Applied Biology (2008) 153: 271-280
Genotypically diverse cultivar mixtures for insect pest management and increased crop yields
Journal of Applied Ecology (2012) 49: 974-985
The impact of biological pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2012) 45: 147-155
Influence of Winter Cover Crop Mulch on Arthropods in a Reduced Tillage Cucurbit Syste
Environmental Entomology (2018) 47:292-299
Insect behavioural ecology and other factors affecting the control efficacy of agro-ecosystem diversification strategies
Ecological Modelling (2005) 182: 199-216
Interactions between conventional and organic farming for biocontrol services across the landscape
Ecological Applications (2013) 23: 1531-1543
Investigating the effects of crop type, fertility management and crop protection on the activity of beneficial invertebrates in an extensive farm management comparison trial
Annals of Applied Biology (2009) 155: 267-276
Linking agricultural practices, mycorrhizal fungi, and traits mediating plant-insect interations
Ecological Applications (2013) 23: 1519-1530
Landscape structure influences modularity patterns in farm food webs: consequences for pest control
Ecological Applications (2011) 21: 516-524
Local landscape heterogeneity affects crop colonization by natural enemies of pests in protected horticultural cropping systems
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 227: 1-10
A meta-analysis of physiological and behavioral responses of parasitoid wasps to flowers of individual plant species
Biological Control (2015) 82: 96-103
Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe
Journal of Applied Ecology (2011) 48: 570-579
Natural enemy impact on eggs of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in organic agroecosystems: A regional assessment
Biological Control (2016) 101: 39-51
Natural occurrence of fungal egg parasites of root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp . in organic and integrated vegetable production systems in Spain
BioControl (2013) 58: 407-416
Noncrop flowering plants restore top-down herbivore control in agricultural fields
Optimizing field margins for biocontrol services: The relative role of aphid abundance, annual floral resources, and overwinter habitat in enhancing aphid natural enemies
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 199: 94-104
Organic agriculture promotes evenness and natural pest control
Nature (2010) 466: 109-112
Organic and conventional fertilizer effects on a tritrophic interaction: parasitism, performance and preference of Cotesia vestalis
Journal of Applied Entomology (2011) 135: 658-665
Organic farming enhances parasitoid diversity at the local and landscape scales
Journal of Applied Ecology (2015) 52: 1102-1109
Organic vs. conventional farming dichotomy: Does it make sense for natural enemies?
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2014) 194: 48-57
Oviposition, adult longevity and temperature effects on the eggs of Tetanocera elata (Fab.) (Diptera: Sciomyzidae): a potential biocontrol agent for slugs
Journal of Applied Entomology (2014) 138: 670-676
Pest and disease management in organic farming: implications and inspirations for plant breeding
Pest-removal services provided by birds on small organic farms in northern California
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 211: 24-31
Plant diversity affects behavior of generalist root herbivores, reduces crop damage, and enhances crop yield
Ecological Applications (2013) 23: 1135-1145
Plant Volatiles-based Insect Pest Management in Organic Farming
Critical Reviews in Plant Science (2010) 29: 123-133
Relative Toxicity and Residual Activity of Insecticides Used in Blueberry Pest Management: Mortality of Natural Enemies
Journal of Economic Entomology (2014) 107: 277-285
Toxicity and efficacy of novel biopesticides for organic management of cucumber beetles on Galia muskmelons
Organic Agriculture (2017) 7:365-377
Variability in plant nutrients reduces insect herbivore performance
For more information on organic management for pests of a specific crop, please see the relevant pages in the Horticulture and Field Crops sections of this website.
