Trophobiosis

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Trophobiosis (from Greek trophikos = nourishment + biosis = life) is a theory 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[1]. 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[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chaboussou, Francis, 1985, Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution, (2004 English trans), John Carpenter, UK.
  2. ^ Paull, John, 2007, Trophobiosis Theory: A pest starves on a healthy plant, Elementals - Journal of Bio-Dynamics Tasmania, 88, 20-24.


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