A partnership to address key economic and ecological concerns in BC Berries: Pest management, pollination services, and alternative cropping systems

这项提案旨在为不列颠哥伦比亚省浆果行业在景观改造、生物监测和精确管理方面带来新的经济机遇。具体地说，我们建议采用协作网络方法，利用病虫害管理、授粉生物学、生态系统服务和景观生态学方面的研究专业知识，以及土地保护和经济作物生产方面的管理专业知识，来确定在农场实施生境修订的生态和经济可持续性。这将包括对参与项目团队成员目前研究伙伴关系的参与农场的现有试验性栖息地修正案进行长期评估。重要的是，这些较长期的评估将为种植者和浆果行业提供关键信息，以支持景观转型以实现生产目标，因为单一季节测量无法解决年际变化，包括极端天气事件。此外，通过与下弗雷泽山谷的多个浆果生产商团体合作，并与Delta Farmand和Wildlife Trust合作，我们将在生产小巷内设计和试验新的覆盖作物混合物，提供多种生态系统服务(即虫害管理、传粉者栖息地、养分和杂草管理)，并有可能支持碳封存和温室气体排放目标。最后，我们与加拿大农业和农业食品协会以及不列颠哥伦比亚省蓝莓和覆盆子委员会和草莓协会合作，建议部署一个数字检测网络，使用定制设计和开放源码的昆虫相机陷阱，并对标本进行测序。这些工具将用于检测和监测新出现的和入侵的有害生物，并支持种植者的短期和长期需要，以了解和预测有害生物丰度的季节和气候变化，并评估和迅速调整管理做法。

This proposal addresses new economic opportunities for the BC Berry industry in landscape transformation, bio-surveillance, and precision management. Specifically, we propose to use a collaborative network approach, with research expertise in pest management, pollination biology, ecosystem services, and landscape ecology, coupled with management expertise in land conservation and commercial crop production, to determine the ecological and economic sustainability of implementing habitat amendments on farm. This will include longer-term evaluation of existing experimental habitat amendments on participating farms involved in current research partnerships with project team members. Importantly, these longer-term evaluations will provide critical information for growers and the berry industry in supporting landscape transformation to achieve production goals, as single season measurements fail to address interannual variation, including extreme weather events. Additionally, through partnership with multiple berry producer groups in the Lower Fraser Valley and in collaboration with Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust, we will design and pilot new cover crop blends within production alleyways that provide multiple ecosystem services (i.e., pest management, pollinator habitat, nutrient and weed management) and with the potential to support carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emission targets. Finally, in collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and the BC Blueberry and Raspberry Councils and Strawberry Association, we propose to deploy a digital detection web using custom designed and open-source insect camera traps with paired specimen sequencing. These tools will be used to detect and monitor emergent and invasive insect pest and support the short- and long-term needs of growers to understand and predict seasonal and climate related changes in pest abundances, and evaluate and quickly adapt management practices.