www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms appendix-6-linking-a-field-map-and-spreadsheet-in-microsoft-excel APPENDIX 6: Linking a Field Map and Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel by Jody Bolluyt, Peter Lowy, and Charles L. Mohler Creating management maps of your fields using Excel is easy and allows you to link a spreadsheet similar to tables 5.2 and 5.3 to the maps. Once you have a map and spreadsheet set up in a workbook, entering crop names on the spreadsheet causes them […]
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms appendix-5-crop-disease-pathogens-hosted-by-common-agricultural-weeds APPENDIX 5: Crop Disease Pathogens Hosted by Common Agricultural Weeds Download the PDF version of Crop Rotation on Organic Farms to see the full tables featured in Appendix 5: Crop Disease Pathogens Hosted by Common Agricultural Weeds (page 142 of the publication).
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms appendix-4-characteristics-of-common-agricultural-weeds-relevant-to-crop-rotation APPENDIX 4: Characteristics of Common Agricultural Weeds Relevant to Crop Rotation Download the PDF version of Crop Rotation on Organic Farms to see the full tables featured in Appendix 4: Characteristics of Common Agricultural Weeds Relevant to Crop Rotation (page 138 of the publication).
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms appendix-3-sources-of-inoculum-for-crop-diseases-in-the-northeastern-united-states APPENDIX 3: Sources of Inoculum for Crop Diseases in the Northeastern United States Download the PDF version of Crop Rotation on Organic Farms to see the full tables featured in Appendix 3: Sources of Inoculum for Crop Diseases in the Northeastern United States (page 124 of the publication).
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms appendix-2-crop-sequence-problems-and-opportunities APPENDIX 2: Crop Sequence Problems and Opportunities Download the PDF version of Crop Rotation on Organic Farms to see the full tables featured in Appendix 2: Crop Sequence Problems and Opportunities (page 104 of the publication).
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms appendix-1-characteristics-of-crops-commonly-grown-in-the-northeastern-united-states APPENDIX 1: Characteristics of Crops Commonly Grown in the Northeastern United States Download the PDF version of Crop Rotation on Organic Farms to see the full tables featured in Appendix 1: Characteristics of Crops Commonly Grown in the Northeastern United States (page 101 of the publication).
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms guidelines-for-intercropping a-glossary-of-intercropping-terms A Glossary of Intercropping Terms Alley cropping: Growing annual crops in tilled strips between rows of a tree or shrub crop. Biostrips: Permanent sod strips, usually of high botanical diversity, maintained to provide food and habitat for beneficial organisms and disrupt dispersal of pests. Companion planting: A general term essentially synonymous with intercropping but often used to refer to the […]
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms guidelines-for-intercropping using-trap-crops-to-reduce-pests Using Trap Crops to Reduce Pests Designing a successful strategy for trap cropping requires a sophisticated understanding of the pest insect: its host plant preferences, pattern of movement, and timing of infestation and reproduction. One strategy that has recently proved successful for several species is perimeter trap cropping. This method is used for pest species that move into a field from […]
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms guidelines-for-intercropping how-intercrops-affect-populations-of-beneficial-parasitoids-and-pest-predators How Intercrops Affect Populations of Beneficial Parasitoids and Pest Predators The effects of intercropping on pest species vary, depending on the specific behaviors and life cycles of the beneficial insects. Many parasitoids are limited to a narrow range of insect hosts. Some of these use plant odors or visual cues to locate their hosts by first finding the plants on which the hosts are located. […]
www.sare.org publications crop-rotation-on-organic-farms guidelines-for-intercropping using-intercropping-to-disrupt-host-finding-by-some-host-specific-insect-pests Using Intercropping to Disrupt Host Finding by Some Host-Specific Insect Pests Intercropping reduced densities of insect and mite pests in about 50 percent of the cases that have been studied, usually by disrupting the ability of the pest to find its host (2). Choosing an intercrop that does not host key pests on the main crop is critical. Intercropping usually does not reduce, and may even […]