1. M. Lodovica Gullino and Angelo Garibaldi
DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARMING: PROBLEMS, AVAILABLE TOOLS AND PERSPECTIVES
M. Lodovica Gullino and Angelo Garibaldi
AGRINNOVA, Center of Competence for the innovation in the agro-environmental sector, University of Torino

2. SUMMARY
PROBLEMS
AVAILABLE TOOLS
PERSPECTIVES

3. DISEASE MANAGEMENT
From disease control to disease management
Disease control in organic farming is not equal to
biological control
Disease control in organic farming is not a simple
conversion from fungicides to admitted compounds

4. Disease control, as well as, in a more general view,
crop protection in organic farming is a quite complex
activity which should rely, even more than in
traditional agriculture, on a number of methods.
The use of compounds admitted in organic farming
does not list first among the different methods.

5. MAIN PROBLEMS
1) Diseases most difficult to be managed
2) Crops

6. Diseases most difficult to be managed
Soilborne pathogens
Foliar diseases
Post-harvest pathogens
Pathogens transmitted through seeds

7. Difficult Crops
Vegetables
Fruit
Ornamentals

8. AVAILABLE TOOLS Cultural practices Resistant varieties Diagnostic
Compounds admitted in organic farming

9. Compounds admitted in organic farming
Copper, sulphur
“Natural” compounds
Biocontrol agents

10. PERSPECTIVES Increasing surfaces organically grown New crops
Mediterranean crops

11. New challenges/1 To satisfy the needs of a higher number of consumers
To apply the principles of organic farming in less vocated areas
To consume organic produce far away from the production site

12. New challenges/2 The role of the distribution sector
More industrialized versus traditional organic farming
Biotech and organic farming: two separate worlds?

13. B’S Degree in Organic Farming
TEACHING ACTIVITIES/1
B’S Degree in Organic Farming
need of thorough education in a sector living a strong growth
special attention to the study of organic production systems of mediterranean and italian crops

14. Master of Science in Agroecology
TEACHING ACTIVITIES/2
Master of Science in Agroecology
International curriculum of the Master of Science in Sustainable Crop Protection “The Plant Doctor”
In collaboration with Università della Tuscia and with FESIA consortium (France) and NOVA consortium (Northern Europe)