IPM Archives - Food and Farm Discussion Lab

Years of Eavesdropping on Insect Sex Talk is Starting to Pay Off for Grape Growers

April 18, 2018 Guest Authors 0

Vineyards across the U.S. and Italy are being devastated by incurable diseases caused by bacteria hitching a ride on leafhoppers — a diverse group of plant-piercing insects closely related to cicadas. Now, thanks to some innovative research, scientists are using a technique called vibrational mating disruption to interrupt male-leafhopper courtship songs, preventing them from finding mates and slowing population growth.

What Farmers Can Do About Climate Change: Pest Management

November 3, 2017 National Farmer's Union 0

With climate change contributing to increasing pest pressures, integrated pest management provides farmers with sustainable options.

Ecosystems are Not Smart, We Are

February 6, 2017 Andrew McGuire 0

If nature has not been optimized by any process that we know of, and therefore consists of mostly random mixes of species dictated primarily by natural disturbances, then there is no reason to “follow nature’s lead.” But if we don’t, what are we left with?

We are left with an agriculture based on human ingenuity.

Conservation Technique of the Week: IPM for Giant Cane

December 16, 2016 Patty Johnson 0

FAFDL Columnist: Patty Johnson | Patty is owner operator of Pannill’s Gate Farm, Orange, VA. In many parts of the country, mechanical and chemical […]

Cut pesticide use to boost yields? It’s worked for millions of farmers in Asia and Africa

May 13, 2015 Guest Authors 0

[This article originally appeared in The Conversation on April 30, 2015 . It is published here under a Creative Commons License] [The FAFDL Facebook thread […]