Flora and Fauna Changes During Conversion from Conventional to Organic Farming
Table 3.5.
Percentages of cereal tillers with Aphididae. The insecticide applications are included in the table. In 2000 and
2001 the cereals were grown organically, but the plots are still named normal, half and quarter dosage.
Year
Wheat
Barley
Date
Normal
Half
Quarter
Date
Normal
Half
Quarter
1997
24 June
2
1
5
23 June
0
0
3
7 July
Pirimicarb
25 June
Lambda-cyhalothrin
16 July
5
13
56
16 July
4
6
10
1998
15 June
55
39
43
15 June
98
100
100
23 June
Tau-fluvalinat
16 June
Pirimicarb/Tau-fluvalinat
29 June
45
55
73
29 June
3
6
16
13 July
2
17
47
13 July
0
0
12
1999
14 June
3
2
4
14 June
7
8
16
15 June
Tau-fluvalinat
16 June
Tau-fluvalinat
23 June
3
3
3
23 june
11
1
1
30 June
0
3
5
30 June
0
1
0
2000
02 June
0
0
0
02 June
93
96
99
29 June
9
16
10
29 June
2
4
2
19 July
36
58
52
19 July
4
5
6
2001
26 June
34
15
*
Aphididae attack in 2001 negligible
3 July
66
64
62
17 July
13
9
5
* Data missing
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