Peer reviewed papers from the QLIF project - In progress

Determining consumer expectations and attitudes towards organic/low input food quality and safety (about )

WP1.1: Determination of consumer perceptions, expectations and attitudes about quality and safety of organic and low input foods

• Brennan, M
  Greening the food chain: the consumer story
  Aspects of Applied Biology Greening the Food Chain, published
• Janssen, M et al.
  Is there a promising market ‘in-between’ organic and conventional food? Analysis of consumer preferences
  Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, submitted
• Ness, M et al.
  Modelling Consumer Behavioural Intentions for Quality Low-input Foods
  Food Quality and Preference, submitted
• Ritson, C and Brennan, M
  What does consumer science tell us about organic foods?
  In: Givens I, Baxter S, Minihand AM and Shaw E  (eds.), Health Benefits of Organic Food: Effects on the Environment . CABI, 2008, published
• Stolz, H et al.
  Lebensmittelqualität aus der Verbraucherperspektive – eine Synthese qualitativer Studien zur Wahrnehmung und Beurteilung verschiedener Qualitätskriterien bei Öko-Produkten
  Berichte über die Landwirtschaft, in press
• Stolz, H et al.
  Food quality from the consumer perspective - a synthesis of qualitative studies about consumers’ perception and assessment of individual quality criteria of organic products
  Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, submitted

Work package 1.2 Determination of actual & potential evolution of consumer buying behaviour

• O’Doherty Jensen, K et al.
  The Emergence of a Mindset among Consumers of Organic Food: British, Danish, and Italian Narratives Compared
  Food Policy,  submitted
• Zanoli, R et al.
  Scenarios for organic food: a cognitive approach to systematic envisioning
  Food policy, submitted

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• Subproject description
• Reports and papers in the Organic Eprints Archive

Subproject 2: Quantifying the effect of organic and “low input” production methods on food quality and safety and human health (about )

• Leifert, C., Ball, K., Volakakis, N., and Cooper, J.M.
  Control of enteric pathogens in ready-to-eat vegetable crops in organic and ‘low-input’ production systems: a HACCP based approach
  Journal of Applied Microbiology 105 (2008) 931–950, published
• Leifert, C., Cooper, J.M.
  Safety issues in the organic food supply chain - mycotoxins and enteric pathogens.
  Food Science and Technology 22, 2008, 34-36.

Work package 2.1:  Effect of crop management practices (organic, “low input” and conventional) on the nutritional quality of foods

• Cooper, J.M., Schmidt, C.S., Wilkinson, A., Lueck, L., Hall, C.M., Shotton, P.N. andLeifert, C. 
  Effect of organic, 'low-input' and conventional production systems on disease incidence and severity in winter wheat.
  Aspects of Applied Biology 80: 121-126., published
• Eyre, M.E., Labanowska-Bury, D., Avayanos, J.G., White, R., Leifert, C.
  Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in an intensively-managed vegetable crop landscape in eastern England
  Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Vol. 131, No. 3-4. (June 2009), pp. 340-346.
• Eyre, M.E., Sanderson, R.A., Shotton, P., Leifert, C.
  Investigating the effects of crop type, fertility management and crop protection on the activity of beneficial invertebrates in an extensive farm management comparison trial
  Annals of Applied Biology
• Kasselaki, A.M., Malathrakis, N. E., Goumas, D.E., Cooper, J.M., and Leifert, C.
  Effect of alternative treatments on seed-borne Didymella lycopersici in tomato
  Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2008, vol. 105, n^o1, pp. 36-41 [6 page(s) (article)] (1 p.1/4), published
• Lehesranta, SJ et al.
  Effects of agricultural production systems and their components on protein profiles of potato tubers
  Proteomics 2007, 7, 597–604, published
• Lueck, L et al.
  Effect of organic, low-input and conventional production systems on yield and quality of winter wheat
  Aspects of Applied Biology 80: 135–140, published
• van Dijk, J.P., Cankar, K., Scheffer, S., Beenen, H.G.J.,  Shepherd, L.V.T., Stewart, D., Davies, H.V., Wilcockson, S., Leifert, C., Gruden, K., Kok, E.J.
  Transcriptome analysis of potato tubers - implications for food safety analysis
  Journal of Science of Agriculture and Food

Work package 2.2 Effect of livestock management practices (organic, “low input” and conventional) on the nutritional quality and safety of foods

• Bonde, M and Sørensen, JT
  Faecal Salmonella shedding in fattening pigs in relation to presence of Salmonella antibodies: Effect of pig production system and duration of transport to slaughter
  Submitted
• Butler, G et al.
  Effect of production system, geographic location and sampling date on milk quality parameters
  Aspects of Applied Biology 80: 193-198, published
• Butler, G., Collomb, M., Rehberger, B., Sanderson, r., Eyre, M. & Leifert, C.
  Conjugated linoleic acid isomer concentrations in milk from high and low-input management dairy systems
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.89 (4), 2009, 697-705, published
• Butler, G., Nielson, J. H., Slots, T., Seal, C., Eyre, M. D., Sanderson, R. & Leifert, C.
  Fatty acid and fat-soluble antioxidant concentrations in milk from high- and low-input conventional and organic systems: seasonal variation
  J Sci Food Agric 88:1431–1441 (2008), published
• Nielsen, T et al.
  Estrogenic activity of bovine milk high or low in phytoestrogens using immature mouse uterotrophic responses and an estrogen receptor transactivation assay
  Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, submitted
• Slots, T., Butler, G., Leifert, C., Kristensen, T., Skibsted, L.H. & Nielsen, J.H
  Potentials to differentiate milk composition by different feeding strategies
  Journal of Dairy Science, published
• Slots, T et al.
  Potentials to Differentiate Milk Composition by Different Feeding Strategies
  Journal of Dairy Science, 2009 May;92(5):2057-66. , published
• Zheng, DM et al.
  Associations between the proportion of Salmonella seropositive slaughter pigs and the presence of herd level risk factors for introduction and transmission of Salmonella in 34 Danish organic, outdoor (non-organic) and indoor finishing-pig farms
  Livestock Science, Volume 106, Issues 2-3, February 2007, Pages 189-199, published

Work Package 2.3 Effect of organic food consumption on livestock and human health

• Sørensen, MT  et al.
  Effects of the plant growth regulator, chlormequat, on boar fertility
  Animal
  in press

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• Subproject description
• Reports and papers in the Organic Eprints Archive

Development of strategies to improve quality and safety and reduce cost of production in organic and “low input” crop production systems (about )

Work package 3.1 Development of strategies to optimise soil quality characteristics

• Fliessbach, A.et al.
  Soil amendment with Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 is more effective in soils low in microbial biomass and activity
  Microbial Ecology, accepted
• Schulte-Geldermann, E et al.
  Suppressive composts can successfully reduce D89 in organic potato production
  European Journal of Plant Pathology, submitted
• Tamm, L et al.
  Soil type, management history, and soil amendments influence disease development caused by soil-borne (Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum) and air-borne (Phytophthora infestans, Hyaloperonospora parasitica) diseases
  Microbial Ecology, submitted
• Thuerig B, et al
  Restoration of suppressiveness to soil- and airborne diseases by re-inoculation of soil microbial communities
  Soil Biology and Biochemistry, submitted

Work package 3.2 Development of improved strategies for the control of seed borne diseases

• Casagrande, M et al.
  Factors limiting grain protein content of organic winter wheat in Southeast of France using a mixing-model approach
  Agronomy for Sustainable Development, accepted
• Cassagrande, M et al.
  Estimation of yield, grain protein content and late weed density distributions from early weed measurement in organic winter wheat
  Weed research
• Eyre, M.E., Labanowks-Bury, D., White, R., Leifert, C.
  Beneficial invertebrate activity and thrip damage in organic leek fields in eastern England
  BioControl
• Eyre, M.E., Labanowska-Bury, D., Avayanos, J.G., White, R., Leifert, C.
  Beneficial invertebrate activity and thrip damage in organic leek fields in eastern England
  Journal of Applied Entomology   
• Kasselaki, AM et al.
  In vitro studies on the effect of alternative treatments on seedborne Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Michiganensis in tomato
  Agronomy for Sustainable Development, submitted
• Kasselaki, AM et al.
  Effect of alternative treatments on seed-borne Didymella lycopersici in tomato
  Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2008, vol. 105, no1, pp. 36-41, published
• Labanowska-Bury, D., White, R., Leifert, C., Eyre, M.D.
  Assessing companion plant species for limiting the effect of cabbage root fly in commercial organic Brassica fields in Eastern England.
  European Journal of Agronomy, published
• Timmermans, BGH et al.
  Differences between spring wheat cultivars in tolerance to Fusarium seedling blight under organic field conditions
  European Journal of Plant Patholog, doi: 10.1007/s10658-009-9487-2, published online: 22 May 2009

Work package 3.3 Development of precision fertility management systems

• David, C and Jeuffroy, MH
  A sequential approach for improving Azodyn crop model under conventional and low-input conditions
  Ecological Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.eja.2009.05.007, available online 24 June 2009
• Giotis, C et al.
  Effect of soil steaming, amendments and resistant rootstocks on soil borne disease incidence and yields and in organic tomato production systems
  Aspects of Applied Biology, published
• Giotis, C., Markou, E., Theodoropoulou, A., Toufexi, E., Hodson, R., Shotton, P., Shiel, R., Cooper, J., and Leifert, C.
  Effect of soil amendments and biological control agents on soil borne root diseases caused by Pyrenochaeta lycopersici and Verticillijm albo-antrum in organic greenhouse tomato production systems.
  European Journal of Plant Pathology, published
• Pedersen, A et al.
  Simulating nitrate retention in soils and the effect of catch crop use and rooting pattern
  Soil Use and Management, accepted
• Pedersen, A et al.
  Modelling diverse root density dynamics and deep nitrogen uptake - A simple approach
  Plant and Soil, doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0028-8, published online: 2 June 2009
• Volkakais, M., Kabourakis, E.,  Leifert, C., amd Eyre, M.
  Olive fly Bactrocera oleae (diptera, Tephritidae) activity and fruit infestation in a commercial table olive orchard in southern Crete.
  Journal of Applied Entomology, in press
• Volakakis, N., Kabourakis, E., Leifert, C., Eyre, M.D.
  Observations on the activity of the olive fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera, Tephritidae) and fruit infestation in a commerical table olive orchard in southern Crete.
  Journal of Applied Entomology, published

Work package 3.4 Development of improved strategies to prevent enteric pathogen contamination of vegetables crops

• Wiessner, S et al.
  Hygienic quality of head lettuce: effects of organic and mineral fertilisers
  Food control, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 881-886

Work package 3.5 Development of integrated preventative crop protection systems

• Lindhard Pedersen, H
  Quality and yield of organic apples due to agricultural management
  European Journal of Horticultural Science , submitted
• Wilkinson, A et al.
  Effect of fertility management and variety choice on yield and baking quality of organic spring and winter wheat
  Aspects of Applied Biology 80, 2006, published

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• Synthesis paper
• Subproject description
• Reports and papers in the Organic Eprints Archive

Development of strategies to improve quality and safety and reduce cost of production in organic and “low input” livestock production systems(about )

• Spoolder, HAM
  Animal welfare in organic farming systems
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, dOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2999, published Online: 11 Sep 2007

Work package 4.1 Development of improved preventive management strategies for endo- and ectoparasites and bacterial zoonoses of pigs and poultry

• Heckendorn, F et al.
  Do stocking rate and a simple run management practice influence the infection of laying hens with gastrointestinal helminths?
  Veterinary Parasitology, doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.013, available online 11 October 2008
• Kijlstra, A et al.
  The role of rodents and shrews in the transmission of Toxoplasma gondii to pigs
  Veterinary Parasitology, published
• Maurer, V et al.
  Poultry litter as a source of gastrointestinal helminth infections
  Veterinary Parasitology, doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.01.020, available online 3 February 2009
• Meerburg, BG et al.
  Presence of Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in wild small mammals on organic farms
  Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Jan. 2006, p. 960–962 Vol. 72, No. 1
• Meerburg, BG et al.
  Cats and Goat Whey Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pig
  Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Fall 2006, 6(3): 266-274. doi:10.1089/vbz.2006.6.266.
• Meerburg, BG et al.
  The Ethics of Rodent Control
  Pest Management Science, doi: 10.1002/ps.1623, oublished online: 18 Jul 2008

Work package 4.2 Development of alternative treatment strategies for of endo- and ectoparasites of pigs and poultry

• Maurer, V et al.
  Silicas for controlling the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae
  In: Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006. (2006)
• Maurer, V et al.
  In vitro efficacies of oils, silicas and plant preparations against the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae
  Experimental and Applied Acarology, 48:pp. 31-41
• Meerburg, BG and Kijlstra A
  Role of rodents in transmission of Salmonella and Campylobacter
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 87(15):pp. 2774-2781

Work package 4.3 Develop strategies to augment non-immune system based defence mechanisms against gastrointestinal diseases in the pig

• Modesto, M et al.
  A novel strategy to select bifidobacterium strains and prebiotics as natural growth promoters in newly weaned pigs
  Livestock Science, doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2008.08.017, available online 26 October 2008
• Trevisi, P et al.
  Investigation on the ability of different strains and doses of exogenous Bifidobacteria, to translocate in the liver of weaning pigs
  Livestock Science, doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2007.01.007, available online 2 February 2007
• Trevisi, P et al.
  Effect of fructo-oligosaccharides and different doses of Bifidobacterium animalis in a weaning diet on bacterial translocation and Toll-like receptor gene expression in pigs
  Nutrition, 2008 Oct;24(10):1023-9. Epub 2008 Jun 17.

Work package 4.4 Development of nutritional strategies to improve production efficiency, sensory quality and food safety in organic pork production systems

• Nagel, P et al.
  Effects of supplying organic pigs with a probiotic, grass- clover silage or maize silage on animal health and composition of gut microbiot
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, for submission March 2009
• Nagel, P et al.
  Providing organic growing-fattening pigs with a probiotic, grass- clover silage or maize silage: Effects on animal performance
  Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
  for submission March 2009
• Sundrum, A et al.
  Organic farming: challenges for farmers and feed suppliers
  Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition, submitted
• Sundrum, A et al.
  Interaction of genotype and nutrition of pork quality
  Journal of Animal Science, for submission
• Sundrum, A et al.
  Consumer reactions on pork with different quality characteristics
  Meat Science, for submission
• Sundrum, A.
  Assessing impacts of organic production on meat quality
  In: CAB Review - Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, submitted
• Werner, C and Sundrum A
  A guideline for animal health in organic pig production
  Landbauforschung Völkenrode, submitted

Work package 4.5 Development of efficient farm and/or farmer group specific mastitis prevention plans

• Ivemeyer, S et al.
  Management factors affecting udder health and effects of a one year extension program in organic dairy herds
  Animal, doi:10.1017/S1751731109990498
• Klocke, P et al.
  Effects of Drying-off Prevention Methods in Organic Dairy Farms Using Homeopathic Remedies and Internal Teat Sealers in Comparison to Untreated Udder Quarters
  Homeopathy, submitted
• Klocke, P et al.
  Evaluation of Residual-Free Methods for Dry Cow Therapy in Swiss Organic Dairy Herds Applying Low Diluted Homeopathic Substances and Internal Teat Sealers in Comparison to Untreated Udder Quarters
  Journal of Dairy Science, submitted
• Moorby, JM et al.
  Assessment of dietary ratios of red clover and grass silages on milk production and milk quality in dairy cows
  Journal of Dairy Science, J. Dairy Sci. 2009. 92:1148-1160. doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1771
• Wagenaar, JP and Langhout, J
  The potential of suckling systems in calf rearing to increase animal welfare in organic dairy faming in the Netherlands
  Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science, submitted
• Wagenaar, JP and Langhout, J
  Practical implications of increasing ‘natural living’ through suckling systems in organic dairy calf rearing
  Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science, 2007, vol. 54, no4, pp. 375-386

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• Reports and papers in the Organic Eprints Archive

Development of a framework for the design of "minimum" and "low input" processing strategies, which guarantee food quality and safety (about )

Work package 5.1 Development of a consolidated framework/ Code of practice for the evaluation of "minimum" and "added value" processing strategies in organic and "low input" food production and processing with respect to food quality and safety

Work package 5.2 Case study 1: Assessment of chlorine replacement strategies for fresh cut vegetable

• Akbas, MY and Ölmez, H
  Effectiveness of organic acids, ozonated water and chlorine dippings on microbial reduction and storage quality of fresh-cut iceberg lettuce
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, doi: 10.1002/jsfa.3016, published online: 20 Aug 2007
• Ölmez, H
  Effect of different sanitizing methods and incubation time and temperature on inactivation of Escherichia coli on Lettuce
  Journal of Food Safety, submitted
• Ölmez, H and Akbas, MY
  Optimization of ozone treatment of fresh-cut green leaf lettuce
  Journal of Food Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.07.026, available online 3 August 2008.
• Ölmez, H and Kretzschmar, U
  Potential alternative disinfection methods for organic fresh-cut industry for minimizing water consumption and environmental impact
  LWT - Food Science and Technology, published
• Ölmez, H and Temur, D
  Effects of Different Sanitizing Treatments on Biofilms and Attachment of Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes on Green Leaf Lettuce
  LWT - Food Science and Technology, submitted

Work package 5.3 Case study 2: Assessment of processing technologies that may improve the nutritional composition of dairy products

• Bisig W et al.
  Influence of processing on the fatty acid composition and the content of conjugated linoleic acid in organic and conventional dairy products - a review
  Le Lait Lait.87, 2007, 1-19, published
• Butler, G., Collomb, M., Rehberger, B., Sanderson, r., Eyre, M. & Leifert, C.
  Conjugated linoleic acid isomer concentrations in milk from high and low-input management dairy systems
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.89 (4), 2009, 697-705, published
• Kahl, J et al.
  First tests of standardized biocrystallization on milk and milk products
  European Food Research & Technology, Volume 229, Number 1 / Mai 2009, submitted
• Mallia, S et al.
  Aroma-active compounds of butter - a review
  European Food Research & Technology, Volume 226, Number 3 / January 2008
  published
• Mallia, S et al.
  Determination of storage stability of butter enriched with unsaturated fatty acids/conjugated linoleic acids (UFA/CLA) using instrumental and sensory methods
  International Dairy Journal.18, 2008, 983-993, published
• Mallia, S et al.
  Characterization and quantification of odour-active compounds in UFA/CLA enriched butter and in conventional butter during storage and induced oxidatio n
  J Agric Food Chem. 2009, Jul 24. [Epub ahead of print]
• Mallia, S et al.
  Odour active compounds of UFA/CLA enriched butter and conventional butter during storage
  Proceedings Weurman Flavour Research Symposium Conference Book. Database of American Chemical Society, in press
• Rehberger, B et al.
  Influence of a dry fractionation of butterfat on the content of fatty acids including conjugated linoleic acid
  European Food Research & Technology, Volume 226, Number 3 / Januar 2008, published

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• Synthesis paper
• Subproject description
• Reports and papers in the Organic Eprints Archive