Trophobiosis

Trophobiosis

Trophobiosis (from Greek "trophikos" = nourishment + "biosis" = life) is a symbiotic association between organisms where food is obtained or provided. The provider of food in the association is referred to as a trophobiont. [Delabie, JHC (2001) Trophobiosis Between Formicidae and Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha and Auchenorrhyncha): an Overview. Neotropical Entomology 30(4):501-516 [http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ne/v30n4/a01v30n4.pdf PDF] ]

The term is also used for a theory of pest resurgence on crops propounded by Francis Chaboussou. Chaboussou was an agronomist at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), and he published "Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution" in 1985. [Chaboussou, Francis, 1985, Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution, (2004 English trans), John Carpenter, UK. ] The essence of Chaboussou's trophobiosis theory is that the application of pesticides to crops makes those crops more susceptible to pest attack, and as a consequence pesticide-based farming creates a cycle of increasing dependence on pesticides. [Paull, John, 2007, [http://orgprints.org/12894/ Trophobiosis Theory: A pest starves on a healthy plant] , Elementals - Journal of Bio-Dynamics Tasmania, 88, 20-24.]

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