A threshold area ratio of organic to conventional agriculture causes recurrent pathogen outbreaks in organic agriculture

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2192-2197

  Adl, S ^a   Iron, D ^a   Kolokolnikov, T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allodeposition; Diffusive logistic equations; Food security; Fungal spores; Organic agriculture; Pathogen dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALLODEPOSITION; DIFFUSIVE LOGISTIC EQUATIONS; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGAL SPORES; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE;

FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNGI; HERBICIDES; PATHOGENS; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE;

CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PATHOGEN; PEST OUTBREAK; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD SECURITY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HARVEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANIC FARMING; PATHOGEN LOAD; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79953306801     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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