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Practical Resources
- Blossoming cabage fields help beneficial insects [PDF - 876 kB]
- FiBL. 2010
- Cole Crops and Other Brassicas: Organic Production
- ATTRA. 2006
- Diversity by Design: Using Trap Crops to Control the Cruciferous Flea Beetle Recorded Webinar
- eOrganic. 2014
- Exclusion fence technique for cabbage maggot management in Brassica vegetable crops [PDF - 1.0 MB]
- AAAFC Pesticide Risk Reduction Program. 2015
- Flea Beetle: Organic Control Options
- ATTRA. 2015
- Flea Beetles on Crucifer Crops
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2014
- Integrated Clubroot Management Strategies for Brassica Crops Recorded Webinar
- eOrganic. 2017
- Managing Black Rot of Cabbage and other Crucifer Crops in Organic Farming Systems
- eOrganic. 2014
- Managing Cruciferous and Solanaceous Flea Beetles in Organic Farming Systems
- eOrganic. 2015
- Maritime Organic Seed Trials: Broccoli [PDF - 413 kB]
- OACC. 2008
- Organic Production and IPM Guide for Cole Crops
- Cornell University. 2016
- Physical barriers applied to soil surface in the field and in the greenhouse to prevent oviposition by cabbage maggot
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 2012
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 2012
- Row covers as physical barriers in brassica vegetable crops to control cabbage maggot
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 2013
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 2013
- Specialty Cropportunities: Brassicas
- Ontario Ministry of Food and Agriculture. 2012
- Systems Organic Management Suppresses Cabbageworm Outbreaks: Evidence from 4 Long-term Organic Farms Recorded Webinar
- eOrganic. 2015
Scientific Results
- Agronomy of strip intercropping broccoli with alyssum for biological control of aphids
- Biological Control (2016) 97: 109-119
- Broccoli Cultivar Performance under Organic and Conventional Management Systems and Implications for Crop Improvement
- Crop Science (2014) 54: 1539-1554
- Comparison of organic and conventional managements on yields, nutrients and weeds in a corn–cabbage rotation
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 132-142
- Compost for Management of Weed Seeds, Pathogen, and Early Blight on Brassicas in Organic Farmer Fields
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2014) 39: 3-18
- Cover crops reduce nitrogen leaching and improve food quality in an organic potato and broccoli farming rotation
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (2017) 72: 539-549
- Do wildflower strips enhance pest control in organic cabbage?
- Organic Eprints. 2011
- Does the use of ozonized water influence the chemical characteristics of organic cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)?
- Journal of Food Science and Technology (2015) 52: 7026-7036
- Effects of experimentally planting non-crop flowers into cabbage fields on the abundance and diversity of predators
- Organic Eprints. 2013
- Effects of Living Mulch and Fertilizer on the Performance of Broccoli in Plasticulture
- HortScience (2015) 50: 218-224
- Effects of organic and conventional fertilizer treatments on host selection by the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae
- Journal of Applied Entomology (2012) 136: 445-455
- Effects of Organic and Waste-Derived Fertilizers on Yield, Nitrogen and Glucosinolate Contents, and Sensory Quality of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica)
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2015) 63: 10757-10767
- Evaluation of cauliflower genebank accessions under organic and conventional cultivation in Southern Germany
- Euphytica (2015) 201: 389-400
- Evaluation of low risk methods for managing Delia radicum, cabbage root fly, in broccoli production
- Crop Protection (2017) 96: 273-280
- Higher efficiency in organic than in conventional management of biological control in horticultural crops in north-eastern Italy
- Biological Control (2016) 97: 89-101
- Impact of wildflower strips on biological control of cabbage lepidopterans
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2009) 129: 310-314
- Integration of Vinegar for In-Row Weed Control in Transplanted Bell Pepper and Broccoli
- Weed Technology (2011) 25: 459-465
- Weed Technology (2011) 25: 459-465
- Natural regulation of Delia radicum in organic cabbage production
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2013) 164: 183-189
- The need to breed crop varieties suitable for organic farming, using wheat, tomato and broccoli as examples: A review
- Organic Eprints. 2011
- Nitrogen Contribution of Legume/Cereal Mixed Cover Crops and Organic Fertilizers to an Organic Broccoli Crop
- HortScience (2011) 46: 1154-1162
- HortScience (2011) 46: 1154-1162
- Nitrogen efficiency of Brussels sprouts under different organic N fertilization rates
- Scientia Horticulturae (2012) 134: 7-12
- Nitrogen use efficiency of organically fertilized white cabbage and residual effects on subsequent beetroot
- Plant and Soil (2014) 382: 237-251
- No Tillage and Strip Tillage Effects on Plant Performance, Weed Suppression, and Profitability in Transitional Organic Broccoli Production
- HortScience (2016) 51: 1103-1110
- Organic and conventional fertilizer effects on a tritrophic interaction: parasitism, performance and preference of Cotesia vestalis
- Journal of Applied Entomology (2011) 135: 658-665
- Overwintering grass-clover as intercrop and moderately reduced nitrogen fertilization maintain yield and reduce the risk of nitrate leaching in an organic cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) agroecosystem
- Scientia Horticulturae (2016) 206: 71-79
- Performance and stability of homogeneous and heterogeneous broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck) varieties in organic and low-input conditions
- Euphytica (2014) 199: 385-395
- Quality parameters and antioxidant properties in organic and conventionally grown broccoli after pre-storage hot water treatment
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2013) 93: 1140-1146
- Variation in Broccoli Cultivar Phytochemical Content under Organic and Conventional Management Systems: Implications in Breeding for Nutrition
- PLoS ONE 9(7): e95683