Plant protection products in organic grapevine growing

Marketing Strategies for Organic Products in Iran

The strategic planning of marketing and the application of marketing strategies for achieving sustainable competitive advantages are of the factors that help the survival of producers of agricultural organic products. Although, there are evidences of the growth of organic farming in Iran but, there are no useful information and proposals for making marketing strategies in organic production hol...

Minimal Pruning and Reduced Plant Protection Promote Predatory Mites in Grapevine

Improving natural pest control by promoting high densities of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is an effective way to prevent damage by pest mites (e.g., Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae) and other arthropod taxa that can cause serious damage to vineyards. Here, we investigate the influence of innovative management on predatory mite densities. We compare (i) full versus reduced fungicide applica...

Managing Resistance for Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products

It is estimated that EU re-registration will result in approximately 65% of 1st ,2nd and 3rd list active ingredients being removed from the market. It is more difficult to estimate how many uses will remain on product labels following member state re-registration. Up to 60 or 70 % of target species and crops could be lost, if use patterns which fall outside the representative GAP (one safe use ...

Plant value of zinc in organic wastes

Investigating the organic agricultural products supply chain in Iran

The present study aimed to investigate the organic agricultural products supply chain in Iran and provide a processes maturity framework for this chain based on the Iranian Standard of the organic products. Accordingly, the model, proposed in this research, provides an improvement tool that addresses the integration of company's internal processes at low levels, and the integration of the proce...