Spillover effects of organic agriculture on pesticide use on nearby fields

The environmental impacts of organic agriculture are only partially understood and whether such practices have spillover effects on pests or pest control activity in nearby fields remains unknown. Using about 14,000 field observations per year from 2013 to 2019 in Kern County, California, we postulate that organic crop producers benefit from surrounding organic fields decreasing overall pesticide use and, specifically, pesticides targeting insect pests. Conventional fields, by contrast, tend to increase pesticide use as the area of surrounding organic production increases. Our simulation suggests that spatially clustering organic cropland can entirely mitigate spillover effects that lead to an increase in net pesticide use.

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CommentIn: Science. 2024 Mar 22;383(6689):1293-1294. - PMID 38513041

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:383

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Science (New York, N.Y.) - 383(2024), 6689 vom: 22. März, Seite eadf2572

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Larsen, Ashley E [VerfasserIn]
Noack, Frederik [VerfasserIn]
Powers, L Claire [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Pesticides

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Science. 2024 Mar 22;383(6689):1293-1294. - PMID 38513041

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/science.adf2572

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NLM37002608X