Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming
As core constituents of healthy diets, fruits are often cultivated in temporally stable and structurally complex ecosystems that harbor high levels of biodiversity. However, high-intensity orchard management can lessen the human and environmental health benefits of fruticulture. In the present artic...
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| author | Wyckhuys, Kris A.G. Abram, Paul K Barrios, Edmundo Cancino, Jorge Collatz, Jana Fancelli, Marilene Klein, Alexandra-Maria Lindell, Catherine A. Osterman, Julia Pinto, Maria Tang, Fiona H.M. Tena, Alejandro Elkahky, Maged |
| author_browse | Abram, Paul K Barrios, Edmundo Cancino, Jorge Collatz, Jana Elkahky, Maged Fancelli, Marilene Klein, Alexandra-Maria Lindell, Catherine A. Osterman, Julia Pinto, Maria Tang, Fiona H.M. Tena, Alejandro Wyckhuys, Kris A.G. |
| author_facet | Wyckhuys, Kris A.G. Abram, Paul K Barrios, Edmundo Cancino, Jorge Collatz, Jana Fancelli, Marilene Klein, Alexandra-Maria Lindell, Catherine A. Osterman, Julia Pinto, Maria Tang, Fiona H.M. Tena, Alejandro Elkahky, Maged |
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| description | As core constituents of healthy diets, fruits are often cultivated in temporally stable and structurally complex ecosystems that harbor high levels of biodiversity. However, high-intensity orchard management can lessen the human and environmental health benefits of fruticulture. In the present article, we argue that increased emphasis on biological control could contribute to preventative manage- ment of fruit pests, weeds, and diseases, resulting in pesticide phasedown. Carefully calibrated orchard management can increase the provision of ecosystem services by above- and belowground biota, improve soil health, and store atmospheric carbon. When tactically integrated with agroecological measures, behavior-modifying chemicals, or digital tools, biological control helps to conserve pollinator or soil fauna, protect vertebrate communities, and improve vegetation restoration outcomes. Its implementation can, however, give rise to scientific and social challenges that will need to be explored. By resolving the adoption hurdles for biological control at scale, human society could enjoy the myriad benefits of nature-friendly fruit production |
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| spelling | ReDivia90432025-04-25T14:49:53Z Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming Wyckhuys, Kris A.G. Abram, Paul K Barrios, Edmundo Cancino, Jorge Collatz, Jana Fancelli, Marilene Klein, Alexandra-Maria Lindell, Catherine A. Osterman, Julia Pinto, Maria Tang, Fiona H.M. Tena, Alejandro Elkahky, Maged ecological intensification One Health biological control H01 Protection of plants - General aspects agroecology Biological control As core constituents of healthy diets, fruits are often cultivated in temporally stable and structurally complex ecosystems that harbor high levels of biodiversity. However, high-intensity orchard management can lessen the human and environmental health benefits of fruticulture. In the present article, we argue that increased emphasis on biological control could contribute to preventative manage- ment of fruit pests, weeds, and diseases, resulting in pesticide phasedown. Carefully calibrated orchard management can increase the provision of ecosystem services by above- and belowground biota, improve soil health, and store atmospheric carbon. When tactically integrated with agroecological measures, behavior-modifying chemicals, or digital tools, biological control helps to conserve pollinator or soil fauna, protect vertebrate communities, and improve vegetation restoration outcomes. Its implementation can, however, give rise to scientific and social challenges that will need to be explored. By resolving the adoption hurdles for biological control at scale, human society could enjoy the myriad benefits of nature-friendly fruit production 2025-03-11T09:27:46Z 2025-03-11T09:27:46Z 2025 article publishedVersion Wyckhuys, K. A., Abram, P. K., Barrios, E., Cancino, J., Collatz, J., Fancelli, M., ... & Elkahky, M. (2025). Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming. BioScience, biae140. 1525-3244 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/9043 10.1093/biosci/biae140 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae140/7997959 en This work was funded by the European Commission through project no. GCP/GLO/220/EC and executed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. JO was supported by the Carl Trygger Foundation (CTS 21:1757) and Svenska Forskingsrådet Formas (2024–00298). We would like to express our thanks to Aysha McConkey for providing original artwork for some of the figures. We are equally grateful to Jorge Peña for commenting on an earlier draft. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Oxford electronico |
| spellingShingle | ecological intensification One Health biological control H01 Protection of plants - General aspects agroecology Biological control Wyckhuys, Kris A.G. Abram, Paul K Barrios, Edmundo Cancino, Jorge Collatz, Jana Fancelli, Marilene Klein, Alexandra-Maria Lindell, Catherine A. Osterman, Julia Pinto, Maria Tang, Fiona H.M. Tena, Alejandro Elkahky, Maged Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming |
| title | Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming |
| title_full | Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming |
| title_fullStr | Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming |
| title_full_unstemmed | Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming |
| title_short | Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming |
| title_sort | orchard systems offer low hanging fruit for low carbon biodiversity friendly farming |
| topic | ecological intensification One Health biological control H01 Protection of plants - General aspects agroecology Biological control |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/9043 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae140/7997959 |
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