For commercial vineyards, and commercial agricultural farms in general, pest management employs the use of chemical pesticides. These chemicals act to disrupt the communication between male and female insects that use sex pheromones to attract one another for mating. However,…
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Organic Viticulture Methods Alter Microbial Population Structure Towards Natural Biocontrol
As a result of conventional farming practices, many natural habitats have been destroyed, and the plant protection methods employed have not only been thought to cause human health problems, but also contribute to about 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. One…