GGR107H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Food Packaging, Fungicide, Crop (Polling Firm)
11 May 2018
School
Department
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Professor Sarah Wakefield Oct. 28, 2016
GGR107 LECTURE 7
FRUIT
LECTURE OUTLINE:
- Consider (again) the relationship among BIODIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS, TECHNOLOGY
- Examine pests and PEST PREVENTION in modern agriculture
- Explore issues in the DISTRIBUTION OF PERISHABLE FOODS (including GMO’s)
- Food packaging, marketing, and retail
CRANBERRY PRODUCTION
PEST & PATHOGEN ECOLOGY
• Interactions of Physical ENVIRONMENT (topography, climate), PEST AND
PATHOGEN ORGANISM (pathogen and vector ecology, susceptibility), HOST
ORGANISM all produce foci of disease
VECTOR
• An organism that does not cause disease itself, but which spreads infection by conveying
pathogens from one host to another
• “Field rot is a major threat to cranberry production… where, if left uncontrolled, CROP
LOSSES IN EXCESS OF 50% may result…in a typical commercial setting, three to five
fungicide applications are made during the growing season and resultant field rot levels
range from less than 1% to 15%” (Caruso)
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Document Summary
Consider (again) the relationship among biodiversity, environmental. Examine pests and pest prevention in modern agriculture. Explore issues in the distribution of perishable foods (including gmo"s) Interactions of physical environment (topography, climate), pest and. Pathogen organism (pathogen and vector ecology, susceptibility), host. Vector: an organism that does not cause disease itself, but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another, field rot is a major threat to cranberry production where, if left uncontrolled, crop. Losses in excess of 50% may result in a typical commercial setting, three to five fungicide applications are made during the growing season and resultant field rot levels range from less than 1% to 15% (caruso) Integrated pest management (ipm: using a combination of control methods (cultural, mechanical, biological, chemical), in a program that is both economically and environmentally. Sound, to prevent past outbreaks: advantages . Fewer pesticide applications, more efficient use of inputs. Less potential impact on soil, water, and non-target species.
