Trophobiosis Theory: A Pest Starves on a Healthy Plant (original) (raw)

Paull, John (2007) Trophobiosis Theory: A Pest Starves on a Healthy Plant.Elementals - Journal of Bio-Dynamics Tasmania, 88, pp. 20-24.

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Pests shun healthy plants. Pesticides weaken plants. Weakened plants open the door to pests and disease. Hence pesticides precipitate pest attack and disease susceptibility, and thus they induce a cycle of further pesticide use.
This is the essence of Trophobiosis Theory, a thesis presented by Francis Chaboussou, an agronomist of the France’s National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), in “Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution”. After two decades, this important book is finally available in English.
Plant pathologist Chaboussou (b.1908 - d.1985) saw with a clear eye that just as there are iatrogenic, doctor-caused, medical problems, likewise there are agrogenic, farmer-caused, agricultural problems. Chaboussou offers a lifetime’s insight into his vision for an agriculture without pesticides, and in so doing he offers a scientific underpinning for organic and bio-dynamic agriculture.

EPrint Type:	Journal paper
Keywords:	Francis Chaboussou, trophobiosis theory, organic farming, organic agriculture, pests, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), green revolution, Healthy crops: a new agricultural revolution
Subjects:	Environmental aspects Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection "Organics" in general Food systems Farming Systems Knowledge management
Research affiliation:	Australia > Australian National University
Deposited By:	Paull, Dr John
ID Code:	12894
Deposited On:	07 Jan 2008
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2010 07:36
Document Language:	English
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Peer-reviewed and accepted

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