Fischer-Arndt, M.T. and Köpke, U. (2007) Effect of weed management strategies on the risk of enteric pathogen transfer into the food chain and lettuce quality. Paper at: 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20-23, 2007.
The hygienic quality of raw edible vegetables such as lettuce may be influenced by pathogen transfer from soil to plant, which might occur during weed control by hoeing or as splash-effects during rainfall. The hygienic quality is often discussed when farmyard manures are applied during production, as e.g. in organic farming systems. In a field experiment, the effects of weed control on pathogen transfer from soil fertilised with farmyard manure to lettuce (Lactuca sativa, var. capitata) were evaluated. First results do not confirm pathogen transfer by mechanical weeding or splash effects during rainfall.
|EPrint Type:||Conference paper, poster, etc.|
|Type of presentation:||Paper|
|Keywords:||food quality, weed control, vegetable production, microbiology|
|Subjects:||Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health|
|Research affiliation:|| European Union > QualityLowInputFood > Subproject 2: Effects of production methods|
European Union > QualityLowInputFood > Subproject 3: Crop production systems
International Conferences > 2007: 3rd QLIF Congress > 3 Crop production / soil management
|Deposited By:||Fischer-Arndt, M.|
|Deposited On:||07 Mar 2007|
|Last Modified:||12 Feb 2013 15:37|
|Additional Publishing Information:|| The final version of this paper is published in: |
Niggli, Urs; Leifert, Carlo; Alföldi, Thomas; Lück, Lorna and Willer, Helga, Eds. (2007) Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of the European Integrated Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF). University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20 – 23, 2007. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick.http://orgprints.org/10417/
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