Crop Rotations Can Increase Net Returns in Organic Strawberry and Vegetable Production Systems
Aleksandr Michuda, Rachael Goodhue, Joji Muramoto, and Carol Shennan
from ARE Update Vol. 20, No. 6, Jul/Aug, 2017
Abstract
Crop rotations aimed at suppressing verticillium wilt disease in organic strawberries pose a dynamic tradeoff to growers. Using broccoli (a non-host crop) and other crops in the rotation, reduces current revenues but increases future strawberry yield and revenues. Trial results suggest that crop rotations can be sufficiently effective at reducing the strawberry yield penalty due to verticillium wilt for commercially viable organic production systems.
Keywords
systems-approach, methyl bromide alternative, organic, strawberries
Citation
Aleksandr Michuda, Rachael Goodhue, Joji Muramoto, and Carol Shennan. 2017. "Crop Rotations Can Increase Net Returns in Organic Strawberry and Vegetable Production Systems." ARE Update 20(6): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1504040116/18196/