Soil Biology in Organic Systems: Insects, Nematodes and Earthworms
- Resources
- Soils and Fertility
- Horticulture
- Field Crops
- Crop Rotation
- Pest Management
- Season Extension
- Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- Livestock
- Ecology and Environment
- Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing
- Social Science
- Marketing and Economics
- Transition to Organic
- Canadian Organic Research Priorities
Practical Resources
- Dung Beetles: How to Identify and Benefit from Nature’s Pooper Scoopers
- eOrganic. 2017
- Earthworms - Architects of fertile soils
- FiBL. 2014
- FiBL. 2014
- Ecological properties of earthworm burrows in an organically managed grass-clover system
- Organic Eprints. 2011
- Manual of On-Farm Vermicomposting and Vermiculture [PDF - 855 kB]
- OACC
- Soil Nematodes
- Canadian Farm Business Management Council's Organic Agriwebinars - COABC Seminar Series. 2010
- Soil Nematodes in Organic Farming Systems
- eOrganic. 2013
Scientific Results
- Changes in earthworm populations during conversion from conventional to organic farming
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2010) 135: 194-198
- Comparing nematode and earthworm communities under combinations of conventional and conservation vegetable production practices
- Soil and Tillage Research (2010) 110: 42-50
- Earthworm abundance and species composition in organic forage production systems of northern Colorado receiving different soil amendments
- Applied Soil Ecology (2011) 48: 219-226
- Earthworm casting and burrowing activity in conventional and organic grass-arable rotations
- European Journal of Soil Biology (2007) 43: S216-S221
- Earthworm effects on plant growth do not necessarily decrease with soil fertility
- Plant and Soil (2010) 328: 109-118
- Earthworms change the distribution and availability of phosphorous in organic substrates
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2006) 38:235–246
- Earthworm populations under different tillage systems in organic farming
- Organic Eprints. 2011
- Ecological Sustainability of an Organic Four-Year Vegetable Rotation System: Carabids and Other Soil Arthropods as Bioindicators
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2015) 39: 295-316
- Effect of reduced tillage systems on earthworm communities in a 6-year organic rotation
- European Journal of Soil Biology (2007) 43: S209-S215
- Effect of tillage on earthworms over short- and medium-term in conventional and organic farming
- Applied Soil Ecology (2014) 83: 140-148
- The effects of soil compaction mitigation on below-ground fauna: How earthworms respond to mechanical loosening and power harrow cultivation
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 232: 273-282
- Impacts of earthworms on soil nutrients and plant growth in soybean and maize agroecosystems
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2007) 120: 442-448
- Influence of agricultural soils on the growth and reproduction of the bio-indicator Folsomia candida
- Pedobiologia (2011) 54: 79-86
- Landscape and management effects on structure and function of soil arthropod communities in winter wheat
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2010) 137: 108-112
- Organic farming practices result in compositional shifts in nematode communities that exceed crop-related changes
- Applied Soil Ecology (2016) 98: 254-260
- Prevalence and activity of entomopathogenic nematodes and their antagonists in soils that are subject to different agricultural practices
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 230: 329-340
- Short-term effects of ploughing on the abundance and dynamics of two endogeic earthworm species in organic cropping systems in northern France
- Soil and Tillage Research (2012) 119: 76-84
- Structure, functions and interguild relationships of the soil nematode assemblage in organic vegetable production
- Applied Soil Ecology (2012) 61: 16-25