Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

Faculty of Agriculture

Organic Production of Tree Fruit Crops

General resources on organic tree fruit production

Practical Resources

Creating a Dwarf-Tree Orchard
- FiBL. 2005
High Tunnel Tree Fruit and Grape Production for Eastern Growers
- ATTRA. 2016
National Fruit and Vegetable Organic Summary
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Updated every Tuesday
Organic Cultivation of Standard Orchards
- FiBL. 2005
Organic Production of Horticultural Crops
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. 2004
Permaculture on Organic Farms Recorded Webinar
- eOrganic. 2014
Presentations from the 2nd International Organic Fruit Research Symposium
- eOrganic. 2013
Soil Health Improvement in an Organic Orchard Production System in Northwest Missouri
- US Organic Agriculture Research Symposium. 2015
Tree Fruits, Nuts and Berries
- COABC
Tree Fruits: Organic Production Overview
- ATTRA. 2004

Scientific Results

Current World Status of Organic Temperate Fruits
- Acta Horticulturae (2010) 873: 19-36
Development of organic fruit in Europe
- Acta Horticulturae (2013) 1001: 19-34
Global area and trends of organic fruit production
- Acta Horticulturae (2013) 1001: 383-394
Global situation for organic tree fruits
- Scientia Horticulturae (2016) 208: 3-12
Going beyond sprays and killing agents: Exclusion, sterilization and disruption for insect pest control in pome and stone fruit orchards
- Scientia Horticulturae (2016) 208: 13-27
Lower average yields but similar yield variability in organic versus conventional horticulture. A meta-analysis
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2017) 34: 45
Nematode community structures in different deciduous tree fruits and grape in Colorado, USA and impact of organic peach and apple production practices
- European Journal of Soil Biology (2015) 67: 59-68
Organically acceptable practices to improve replant success of temperate tree-fruit crops
- Scientia Horticulturae (2016) 200: 205-214
Organic fruit production in British Columbia
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2009) 89: 677-692
Organic Horticulture Expands Globally
- Chronica Horticulturae (2010) 50: 31-37
Organic Horticulture Worldwide
- Organic Eprints. 2010
Organic weed management in perennial fruits
- Scientia Horticulturae (2016) 208: 28-42
Postharvest grazing of hogs in organic fruit orchards for weed, fruit, and insect pest management
- Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 223-232
Proceedings of the 2nd International Organic Fruit Symposium [PDF - 490 kB]
- International Society of Horticultural Science. 2012
Productivity, economics, and fruit and soil quality of weed management systems in commercial organic orchards in Washington State, USA
- Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 197-207
Research knowledge and needs for orchard floor management in organic tree fruit systems
- International Journal of Fruit Science (2009) 9: 257-281
Weed Suppression by Grasses for Orchard Floor Management
- Weed Technology (2012) 26: 559-565

Dalhousie University

Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

Organic Production of Tree Fruit Crops

General resources on organic tree fruit production

Practical Resources

Scientific Results

Resources for the production of specific organic tree fruit crops

For more information about Organic Science Cluster research on organic tree fruit production, please see the following Research Activities: