Herz, Annette

Matray, Silvia

Pfiffner, Lukas

Sigsgaard, Lene

Warlop, Francois

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  www.julius-kuehn.de Silvia.Matray@julius-kuehn.de  Boosting functional biodiversity in European apple orchards Silvia Mátray(1), Annette Herz(1), Lukas Pfiffner(2), Francois Warlop(3), Lene Sigsgaard(4)      Fig. 1: Project partners: Universities, research  institutes, advisory services and collaborating  farmers of 9 European countries, Map: ArcGIS Gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft im Rahmen des Bundesprogramms Ökologischer Landbau und andere Formen  nachhaltiger  Landwirtschaft. (Förderkennzeichen:2814OE005) (1) Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Biological Control, Darmstadt, (2) Research Institute of Organic  Agriculture, Switzerland,    (3) Groupe de Recherche en Agriculture Biologique, France, (4) University of Copenhagen, Denmark  Rosy apple aphid     (Dysaphis plantaginea) www.google.de/maps     An   European survey of farmers and advisors was conducted and work-shops and field demonstrations were performed to increase and assess knowledge on functional biodiversity in apple production.   Based on the results of the survey, a     handbook for farmers was developed, showing information on key beneficials and easy-to-use methods for the assessment of functional agro-biodiversity in their orchards.   Methods for promotion of natural enemies against apple pests were proved by synchronized field trials with perennial flower strips in the interrows of organic orchards. A     technical leaflet provides practical information on key beneficials, suitable flowers and management of flower strips.    A web-based platform was created to share all kind of information on functional biodiversity in pome fruit production. Visit our website at  https://ebionetwork.julius-kuehn.de/   Codling moth      (Cydia pomonella) Key beneficials © S. Feiertag, JKI Darmstadt  http://coreorganicplus.org/research-projects/ecoorchard © S. Feiertag, JKI Darmstadt  Flower strips This project is funded by the COREorganic Plus Program of the EU (2015 – 2017) and national funding bodies (2015 – 2018).  Project aims & achievements Key  pests  Aphid antagonists:  •Syrphidae    (Photo: Episyrphus balteatus on Medicago lupulina) •Chrysopidae   (Photo: Larva of Chrysoperla carnea) •Coccinelidae •Anthocoridae  General predators      (e.g. spiders, earwigs)  Parasitoids of C. pomonella  (e.g. Ascogaster quadridentata)   Photos: © S. Feiertag, A. Herz, S. Matray  

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Boosting functional biodiversity in European apple orchards

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EcoOrchard Boosting functional biodiversity in European apple orchards

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