Publications
Miguel A Altieri
1. Altieri, M.
A., A. v. Schoonhoven and J. D. Doll. 1977.
The ecological role of weeds in insect pest
management systems: A review illustrated with
bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cropping
systems. PANS 23(2): 195-205.
2. Altieri, M. A. and J. D. Doll. 1978. Some
limitations of weed biocontrol in tropical
crop ecosystems in Colombia. In:
Proceedings of the IV International Symposium
on Biological Control of Weeds. T. E. Freeman
(Ed.), Gainesville, Florida pp. 74-81.
3.Altieri, M. A. and J. D. Doll. 1978. The
potential of allelopathy as a tool for weed
management in crop fields. PANS 24(4):
495-502.
4.Altieri, M. A., C. A. Francis, A. v.
Schoonhoven and J. D. Doll. 1978. A review of
insect prevalence in maize (Zea mays L.) and
bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) polycultural
systems. Field Crops Research I. 33-49.
5.Altieri, M. A. and W. H. Whitcomb. 1979.
The potential use of weeds in the
manipulation of beneficial insects.
HortScience 14(1): 12-18.
6.Altieri, M. A. and W. H. Whitcomb. 1979.
Manipulation of insect populations through
seasonal disturbance of weed communities.
Protection Ecology 1: 185-202.
7.Altieri, M. A. and W. H. Whitcomb. 1979.
Predaceous arthropods associated with Mexican
tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) in north
Florida. Florida Entomologist 62(3): 175-182.
8.Altieri, M. A. and W. H. Whitcomb. 1979.
Predaceous and herbivorous arthropods
associated with camphorweed (Heterotheca
subaxillaris Lamb.) in north Florida. Journal
of the Georgia Entomological Society 15:
290-299.
9.Altieri, M. A. 1980. Diversification of
corn agroecosystems as a means of regulating
fall armyworm populations. The Florida
Entomologist 63: 18- 24.
10.Altieri, M. A. 1980. The need for an
agroecological approach to pest management.
Environmental Management 4: 467-468.
11.Altieri, M. A. and W. H. Whitcomb. 1980.
Weed manipulation for insect management in
corn. Environmental Management 4: 483-89.
12.Altieri, M. A. 1981. Crop-weed-insect
interactions and the design of pest stable
cropping systems. In: Pests, Pathogens and
Vegetation. J. M. Thresh, Ed. Pitman
Publishing Co., London.
13.Altieri, M. A. 1981. Effect of time of
disturbance on the dynamics of weed
communities in north Florida. Geobios 8:
145-151.
14.Altieri, M. A. 1981. Mixed farming
systems. Environment 23: 35-37.
15.Altieri, M. A. 1981. Weeds may augment
biological control of insects. California
Agriculture 35: 5-6, 22-24.
16.Altieri, M. A., W. J. Lewis, D. A.
Nordlund, R. C. Gueldner and J. W. Todd.
1981. Chemical interactions between plants
and Trichogramma wasps in Georgia soybean
fields. Protection Ecology 3: 259-263.
17.Altieri, M. A. and J. W. Todd. 1981. Some
influences of vegetational diversity on
insect communities of Georgia soybean fields.
Protection Ecology, Vol. 3(4): 333-338.
18.Altieri, M. A., J. W. Todd, E. W. Hauser,
M. Patterson, G. A. Buchanan and R. H.
Walker. 1981. Some effects of weed management
and row spacing on insect abundance in
soybean fields. Protection Ecology, Vol.
3(4): 339- 343.
19.Altieri, M. A. 1982. Ecology and
management of weed populations. Student
Manual for University of California, Berkeley
course, PMl4l, "Weed Ecology and
Management." Published by Eugene
Memmler. 18 p.
20.Altieri, M. A. 1982. Crop diversification:
a key to biological pest control. NCAP News
3(2): 14-16.
21.Altieri, M. A. 1982. Vegetational designs
for insect-habitat management. Environ.
Mgmnt. 7(1): 3-7.
22.Altieri, M. A. and D. K. Letourneau. 1982.
Vegetation management and biological control
in agroecosystems. Crop Protection 1:
405-430.
23.Altieri, M. A., J. Hamai, A. Hajek, K.
Sheehan. 1982. Biological control of insect
pests. Part I. Amer. Hort. 61(2): 28-35.
24.Altieri, M. A., J. Hamai, A. Hajek and K.
Sheehan. 1982. Biological control of insect
pests. Part II. Amer. Hort. 61(4): 28-36.
25.Altieri, M. A., P. B. Martin and W. J.
Lewis. 1982. A quest for ecologically based
pest management systems. Environ. Mgmt. 7(1):
91-100.
26.Altieri, M. A., S. Annamalai, K. P.
Katiyar and R. A. Flath. 1982. Effects of
plant extracts on the rates of parasitization
of Anagasta kuehniella eggs by Trichogramma
pretiosum under greenhouse conditions.
Entomophaga 27(4): 431-438.
27.Altieri, M. A., K. S. Hagen, J. Trujillo
and L. E. Caltagirone. 1982. Biological
control of Limax maximus and Helix aspersa by
indigenous predators in a daisy field in
central coastal California. Oecologia
Applicata 3(4): 387-390.
28.Gliessman, S. R., M. A. Altieri. 1982.
Polyculture cropping has advantages. Calif.
Agric. 36(7): 14-16.
29.Altieri, M. A., D. K. Letourneau and J. R.
Davis. 1983. Developing sustainable
agroecosystems. BioScience 33(1): 45-49.
30.Altieri, M. A. 1983. Agroecology, the
Scientific Basis of Alternative Agriculture.
Div. of Biol. Control, U.C. Berkeley, Cleo's
Duplication Services. 173 pp. (out of print).
31.Altieri, M. A. 1983. The question of small
farm development: Who teaches whom?
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 9:
401-405.
32.Altieri, M. A. and S. R. Gliessman. 1983.
Effects of plant diversity on the density and
herbivory of the flea beetle Phyllotreta
cruciferae in California collard cropping
systems. Crop Protection 2(4): 497-501.
33.Altieri, M. A., J. Davis and K. Burroughs.
1983. Some agroecological and socioeconomic
features of organic farming in California: a
preliminary study. Biological Agriculture and
Horticulture 1: 97-101.
34.Flath, R., M. A. Altieri, and R. Mon.
1983. Volatile constituents of Amaranthus
retroflexus L. J. Agricultural and Food
Chemistry 32: 92-94.
35.Letourneau, D. K. and M. A. Altieri. l983.
Abundance patterns of a predator, Orius
tristicolor (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), and
its prey, Frankliniella occidentalis
(Thysanoptera: Thripidae): Habitat attraction
in polycultures versus monocultures. Environ.
Entomol. l2 (5): l464-l469.
36.Risch, S., D. Andow and M. A. Altieri.
1983. Agroecosystem diversity and pest
control: data, tentative conclusions, and new
research directions. Environ. Entomol. 12:
625-629.
37.Altieri, M.A. 1984. Designing sustainable
agroecosystems: Lessons from traditional
peasants. Proc. Right to Food Conf., An
Intern. Conf. on Freedom from Hunger.
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (May
25-31, 1984).
38.Altieri, M. A. 1984. Developing pest
management strategies for small farmers based
on traditional knowledge. Proc. Vol. XX
Annual Meeting Caribbean Food Crops Society,
St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pp. 47-50.
39.Altieri, M. A. l984. Diversification of
agricultural landscapes: A vital element for
pest control in sustainable agriculture.
Proc. Conference on Sustainable Agriculture
and Integrated Farming Systems. T. Edens,
Editor. Michigan State University, East
Lansing.
40.Altieri, M.A. 1984. Lessons from
traditional farmers. Mendocino Country
Magazine, pp. 16-17.
41.Altieri, M. A. 1984. Patterns of insect
diversity in monocultures and polycultures of
brussels sprouts. Prot. Ecol. 6: 227-232.
42.Altieri, M. A. 1984. Pest management
technologies for peasants: A farming systems
approach. Crop Protection 3(1): 87-94.
43.Altieri, M. A. 1984. The ecological role
of weeds in agroecosystems with special
emphasis on crop-weed-insect interactions.
Proc. EWRS 3rd Symp. on Weed Problems in the
Mediterranean Area, pp. 359-364.
44.Altieri, M.A. 1984. The ecology of insect
pest control in organic farming systems:
Toward a general theory. Proc. 5th IFOAM
International Conf., "The Importance of
Biological Agriculture in a World of
Diminishing Resources." University of
Kassel,
West Germany (Aug. 27-30, l984).
45.Altieri, M.A. 1984. Towards a grassroots
approach to rural development in the Third
World. Agriculture and Human Values 1: 45-48.
46.Altieri, M. A. and J. Farrell. 1984.
Traditional farming systems of south central
Chile with special emphasis on agroforestry.
Agroforestry Systems 2: 3-18.
47.Altieri, M. A. and D. K. Letourneau. 1984.
Vegetation diversity and pest outbreaks.
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 2:
131-169.
48.Altieri M.A. and L. L. Schmidt. 1984.
Abundance patterns and foraging activity of
ant communities in abandoned, organic and
commercial apple orchards in northern
California. Agric. Ecosystm. and Environ. 11:
341- 352.
49.Altieri, M. A., D. K. Letourneau and J. R.
Davis. 1984. The requirements of sustainable
agroecosystems. In: Agricultural
Sustainability in a Changing World, pp.
175-189. G. K. Douglass, Editor. Westview
Press, Colorado.
50.Altieri, M. A., M. Lippman, L. Schmidt and
I. Kubo. 1984. Antifeedant effects of nomilin
on Spodoptera frugiperda and Trichoplusia ni
under laboratory conditions. Prot. Ecol. 6:
91-94.
51.Matteson, P. C., M. A. Altieri and W. C.
Gagne. 1984. Modification of small farmer
practices for better pest management. Ann.
Rev. Entomol. 29: 383-402.
52.Altieri, M. A. 1985. Agricultural
development in Mexico: Key questions and
perspectives for Latin America. Proc. Seminar
on Mexican Agricultural Development. U. C.
Berkeley, Sept. 5-6, 1985.
53.Altieri, M. A. 1985. Biotechnology and
agroecology: Perspectives for ecological
engineering and technological management of
agroecosystems. Proc. Planning Workshop on
Biotechnology and Food Systems in Latin
America. Univ. of California, San
Diego. Nov. 18-19, 1985.
54.Altieri, M.A. 1985. Developing pest
management strategies for small farmers based
on traditional knowledge. Bull. Institute
Develop. Anthropology 3(l): 13-17.
55.Altieri, M. A. and L. L. Schmidt. 1985.
Cover crop manipulation in northern
California apple orchards and vineyards:
Effects on arthropod communities. Biol.
Agric. and Hortic. 3: 1-24.
56.Altieri, M. A., R. C. Wilson and L. L.
Schmidt. l985. The effects of living mulches
and weed cover on the dynamics of foliage and
soil arthropod communities in three crop
systems. Crop Protection 4 (2): 201- 213.
57.Altieri, M. A. and D. Nestel (eds.). l985.
Mexican agricultural development, past,
present and future. Proc. of a conference
sponsored by the Program in Mexican Studies,
UC Berkeley. (in Spanish).
58.Altieri, M. A. 1986. Agroecologia: bases
cientifias de la agricultura alternativa.
Centro de Estudios en Tecnologias Apropiadas
para Americana Latina (CETAL) Valparaiso,
Chile. (Spanish edition of Agroecology book).
59.Altieri, M. A. 1986. Ecological diversity
and the sustainability of California
agroecosystems. Proc. Symposium on the
sustainability of California Agriculture.
University of California. Jan. 30-31, 1986,
Sacramento, CA, pp. 103-119.
60.Altieri, M. A. 1986. The grassroots
approach to rural development in Latin
America. Alternatives 13(4): 22-27.
61.Altieri, M. A. 1986. L'Agroecologie: bases
scientifiques d'une agriculture alternative.
Editions Debard, Paris (French edition of
Agroecology book).
62.Altieri, M. A. and M. K. Anderson. 1986.
An ecological basis for the development of
alternative agricultural systems for small
farmers in the Third World. American Journal
of Alternative Agriculture 1: 30-38.
63.Altieri, M. A. and M. Liebman. 1986.
Insect, Weed and Plant Disease Management in
Multiple Cropping Systems, pp. 183-218. In:
Multiple Cropping Systems. C. A. Francis,
Editor. MacMillan Publ. Co., N. Y. 383 p.
64.Altieri, M. A. and L. L. Schmidt. 1986.
Cover crops affect insect and spider
populations in apple orchards. Calif. Agric.
40: 15-17.
65.Altieri, M. A. and L. L. Schmidt. 1986.
Population trends, distribution patterns and
feeding preferences of flea beetles
(Phyllotreta cruciferae Goeze) in
collard-wild mustard mixtures: underlying
mechanisms. Crop Protection 5(3): 170-175.
66.Altieri, M. A. and L. L. Schmidt. 1986.
The dynamics of colonizing arthropod
communities at the interface of abandoned,
organic and commercial apple orchards and
adjacent woodland habitats. Agric. Ecosyst.
and Environ. 16: 29-43.
67.Altieri, M. A. 1986. Agroecology as an
integrating discipline for the study of
Mexican agriculture. In: Proc. Conference on
Mexican Agriculture: Ancient and Modern
Contributions in Biotechnology. Univ.
California, Riverside. K. Truman (ed.).
68.Altieri, M. A. 1986. Bases ecologicas para
el desarrollo de sistemas agricolas
alternativos para campesinos de
Latinoamerica. Ambiente y Dessarrollo 11(3):
29-46.
69.Altieri, M. A. 1987. Biotechnology and
sustainable agriculture. American Journal of
Alternative Agriculture l: 46 (editorial)
70.Altieri, M. A. 1987. The significance of
diversity in the maintenance of the
sustainability of traditional agroecosystems.
ILEIA 3(2): 3-7.
71.Altieri, M. A. and L. C. Merrick. 1987. In
situ conservation of crop genetic resources
through maintenance of traditional farming
systems. Economic Botany 4(1): 86-96.
72.Altieri, M. A., M. K. Anderson and L. C.
Merrick. 1987. Peasant agriculture and the
conservation of crop and wild plant
resources. Conservation Biology 1(1): 49-58.
73.Altieri, M. A., F. J. Trujillo and J.
Farrell. 1987. Plant-insect interactions and
soil fertility relations in agroforestry
systems: Implications for the design of
sustainable agroecosystems. In: Agroforestry:
realities, potentials and possibilities. H.
L. Gholz,
editor. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
Dordrecht.
74.Altieri, M. A. and F. J. Trujillo. 1987.
The agroecology of corn production in
Tlaxcala, Mexico. Human Ecology 15(2):
189-220.
75.Altieri, M. A. and L. L. Schmidt. 1987.
Mixing cultivars of broccoli reduces cabbage
aphid populations. Cal. Agric. 41(11/12):
24-26.
76.Altieri, M. A. and M. Sands. 1987.
Self-reliance and the small organic farm in
Chile. In: Experiences in Success. Rodale
International.
77.Altieri, M. A. 1987. Agricultura
alternativa nos E.U.A. avancos e
perspectivas. In: Agricultura Alternativa.
Anais do Seminario de Pesquisa. 10 a 12 de
Dezembro de 1984, Londrina, Brasil. p.
117-151. Fundacao Inst. Agron. do Parana,
IAPAR, Brasil.
78.Nordlund, D. A., W. J. Lewis and M. A.
Altieri. 1988. Influences of plant produced
allelochemicals on the host and prey
selection behavior of entomophagous insects.
In: Novel aspects of insect-plant
interactions. P. Barbosa and D. Letourneau.
Editor. J. Wiley and Sons. New York.
79.Altieri, M. A. 1988. Beyond agroecology:
making sustainable agriculture part of a
political agenda. Amer. J. Alt. Ag.
3(4):142-143.
80.Altieri, M. A. 1988. The dynamics of
insect populations in crop systems subject to
weed interference. In: Plant Stress-Insect
Interactions. E. A. Heinrichs, Editor. Wiley,
New York.
81.Rodriguez, J. A., M. A. Altieri, S. Siques
and C. Barrera. 1988. Agroecological
typification of traditional farming systems
in central Chile. Proc. 6th IFOAM
International Scientific Conference, Univ.
California, Santa Cruz. P. Allen (ed.)
82.Altieri, M. A. 1988. The impact, uses and
ecological role of weeds in agroecosystems.
In: Weed Management in Agroecosystems:
Ecological Approaches. M. A. Altieri and M.
Z. Liebman (eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl.
83.Altieri, M. A. and M. Z. Liebman. 1988.
Weed management: Ecological guidelines. In:
Weed Management in Agroecosystems: Ecological
Approaches. M. A. Altieri and M. Z. Liebman
(eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl.
84.Altieri, M. A. and L. C. Merrick. 1988.
Agroecology and in-situ conservation of
native crop diversity in the Third World. In:
Biodiversity. E. Wilson and F. Peter (eds.).
National Academy of Sciences, Washington.
85.Gold, C. S., M. A. Altieri and A. C.
Bellotti. 1988. Relative oviposition rates of
the cassava hornworm, Erinnyis ello (Lep.:
Sphingidae), and accompanying parasitism by
Telenomus sphingis (Hym.: Scelionidae) in
upper and lower leaf surfaces of
cassava. Entomophaga 34(1): 73-76.
86.Altieri, M.A. 1988. La agroecologia y la
conservacion de la diversidad genetica nativa
a los agroecosistemas de America Latino.
Presented "Conservacion de Recursos
Geneticos de Cultivos en America
Latina". 25-30 Septiembre, 1988.
Santiago,
Chile.
87.Altieri, M.A. 1989. Sustainable
agriculture: overview. Environment 31(3):2-3.
88.Altieri, M. A. 1989. Agroecology: a new
research and development paradigm for world
agriculture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment, 27: 37-46.
89.Altieri, M. A. 1989. Desarrollo de
agroecosistemas autosustentados para pequenos
agricultores en America Latina: algunas
implicaciones para el manejo integrado de
plagas. Trabajo presentado en el XVI Congreso
de la Sociedad Colombiano de
Entomologia (SOCOLEN) Julio 25-28 de 1989.
Medellin, Colombia.
90.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1989. The
Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and
Development: a new institutional arrangement
to foster sustainable agriculture among
resource-poor farmers. Bull. of the Institute
of Development
Anthropology. 7: 17-19.
91.Altieri, M. A., D. L. Glaser, and L. L.
Schmidt. 1989. Diversification of
agroecosystems for insect pest regulation:
Experiments with collards. In: Agroecology:
researching the ecological basis for
sustainable agriculture. Springer Verlag,
Ecological Studies 78, pp. 70-82.
92.Altieri, M. A., J. Trujillo, L. Campos S.,
C. Klein-Koch, C. S. Gold and J. R. Quezada.
1989. El Control biologico clasico en america
Latina en su contexto historico. Manejo
Integrado de Plagas. 12:82-107. Costa Rica.
93.Gold, C. S., M. A. Altieri and A. C.
Bellotti. 1989. The effects of intercropping
and pest incidence: a review illustrated with
a case study from Colombia. Trop. Pest Mgmt.
35(4): 339-344.
94.Gold, C. W., M. A. Altieri and A. C.
Bellotti. 1989. Effects of cassava varietal
mixtures on the whiteflies Aleurotrachelus
socialis and Trialeurodes variabilis in
Colombia. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 53: 195-202.
95.Gold, C. S., M. A. Altieri and A. C.
Bellotti. 1989. The effects of intercropping
and mixed varieties of predators and
parasitoids of cassava whitefly (Hemiptera:
Aleyrodidae) in Colombia. Bull. Ent. Res. 79:
115-121.
96.Gold, C. S., M. A. Altieri and A. C.
Bellotti. 1989. Effects of intercrop
competition and differential herbivore
numbers on cassava growth and yields. Agri.,
Ecosyst. and Envir. 26: 131-146.
97.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Agroecology and rural
development in Latin America. In: Agroecology
and small farm development. pp. 113-118. CRC
Press, Florida (M. A. Altieri, S. B. Hecht,
eds.).
98.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Bibliografia basica
sobre agroecologia y desarrollo rural CLADES
(Consorcio Latino Americano de Agroecologia y
Desarrollo). Santiago, Chile.
99.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Cuan comun es nuestro
futuro comun? Revista Medio Ambiente 43:
29-33. Lima, Peru.
100.Altieri, M.A. 1990. How common is our
common future? Conservation Biology 4(1):
102-103.
101.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Rethinking crop
genetic resource conservation: A view from
the South. Conservation Biology (3): 77-79.
102.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Stabilizing hillside
farming systems in the Sierra of the
Dominican Republic. Proc. Int. Symp. On
Research Needs and Applications to Reduce
Erosion and Sedimentation in Tropical
Steplands. Int. Assoc. for Hydrological
Sciences, Washington, D.C. Proc. Fiji Symp.
IAHS-AISH Pub. No. 192, pp. 355-363.
103.Altieri, M.A. 1990. The agroecological
foundations of alternative agriculture in
California. The 1990 Australian Organic
Agriculture Conference. Univ. Adelaide,
Adelaide, S. Australia, 23-30 Sept 1990. Vol.
1. Keynote Papers.
104.Altieri, M. A. 1990. The agroecology of
temperate cereal fields: entomological
implications. In: L. G. Firbank, N. Carter,
J.F Darbyshire, and G.R. Potts, eds. The
Ecology of Temperate Cereal Fields. Blackwell
Scientific Pubs. Oxford.
105.Altieri, M. A. 1991. The ecology and
management of insect pests in traditional
agroecosystems. In: Ethnobiology:
Implications and Applications. Proceedings of
the First International Congress of
Ethnobiology (Belem, 1988), pp. 131-143.
Brazil (W. L. Overol, ed.).
106.Altieri, M. A. 1990. When is agriculture
sustainable? How is it made sustainable by
and for whom? Presented "Sustainable
agriculture: balancing social, environmental
and economic concerns". UC Santa Cruz,
June 28-30, 1990.
107.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Why study
traditional agriculture? In: The Ecology of
Agricultural Systems. R. Carroll, J. H. Van
der Meer and P. M. Rossett (eds.). MacGraw
Hill Publ., NY. pp. 551-564.
108.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1990.
Agroecology and rural development in Latin
America. A slide set with script: Consorcio
Latino Americano de Agroecologia y Desarollo
(CLADES), Santiago, Chile. English version.
109.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1990.
Agroecologia y desarrollo rural en America
Latina Slide Script CLADES (Consorcio Latino
Americano de agroecologia y desarrollo.
Santiago, Chile. Spanish version.
110.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1990.
CLADES contribution to sustainable rural
development in Latin America. In: G. Borrini
(ed.) Lessons learned in community based
environmental management. Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Rome.
111.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1990. The
Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and
Development: Fostering rural development
based on indigenous knowledge. In: Indigenous
Knowledge Systems: the cultural dimension of
development (D. M. Warren, ed.), Kegan Paul
Int. Pub.
112.Gold, C. S., M. A. Altieri and A. G.
Bellotti. 1990. Response of the cassava
whitefly, Trialeurodes variabilis
(Quaintance) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) to host
plant size: implications for cropping system
management. Acta Ecologia. 11(1): 35-41.
113.Kloen, H. and M. A. Altieri. 1990. Effect
of mustard (Brassica hirta) as a non-crop
plant on competition and insect pests in
broccoli (Brassica oleraceae). Crop
Protection 9: 90-96.
114.Titayavan, M. and M. A. Altieri. 1990.
Synonome-mediated interations between the
parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae and Brevicoryne
brassicae under field conditions. Entomophaga
35(3): 75-83.
115.Trujillo-Arriaga, J. and M. A. Altieri.
1990. A comparison of aphidophagous
arthropods on maize polycultures and
monocultures, in Central Mexico. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 31: 337-349.
116.Gold, C. S., M. A. Altieri and A. C.
Bellotti. 1990. Direct and residual effects
of short-duration intercrops on the cassava
whiteflies Aleurotrachelus socialis and
Trialeurodes variabilis (Homoptera:
Aleyrodidae) in Colombia. Agric. Ecosyst. and
Environ. 32: 57-67.
117.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Cubiertas o mulches
vivos. Chile Agricola: 176-179.
118.Altieri, M. A. 1990. Agroecosystem.
Yearbook of Science and Technology.
McGraw-Hill, NY.
119.Altieri, M. A. 1991. An agroecological
analysis of the environmental degradation
resulting from the structure of agriculture.
IN: Beyond the Large Farm. P. B. Thompson and
B. A. Stout, eds. Westview Press, Inc. pp.
125-135.
120.Altieri, M. A. 1991. How best can we use
biodiversity in agroecosystems? Outlook on
Agriculture 20(1): 15-23.
121.Altieri, M. A. 1991. Increasing
biodiversity to improve insect pest
management in agroecosystems. In: The
Biodiversity of Micororganisms and
Invertebrates: its role in sustainable
agriculture. D. L. Hawksworth, ed. CAB
International, London, pp.
165-182.
122.Altieri, M. A. 1991. Por que estudiar la
agricultura tradicional? Agroecologia y
Desarrollo 1(1): 16-24.
123.Altieri, M. A. 1991. The ecology of
tropical herbivores in polycultural
agroecosystems. In: Plant-Animal
Interactions: Evolutionary Ecology in
Tropical and Temperate Regions. P. W. Price,
et al., Eds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY.
124.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1991. La
agroecologia y el desarrollo rural sostenible
en America Latina. Agroecologia y Desarrollo.
1(1): 25-36.
125.Altieri, M. A., J. A. Trujillo, M. A.
Astier, P. L. Gersper and W. A. Bakx. 1991.
Low input technology proves viable for
limited-resource farmers in Salinas Valley.
Calif. Ag. 45(2): 20-23.
126.Montecinos, C. and M. A. Altieri. 1991.
Status and trends in grass-roots crop genetic
conservation efforts in Latin America. A
contribution to the WRI/UCN/UNEP.
Biodiversity Strategy Programme. CLADES.
Berkeley, CA. 37p.
127.Gold, C. S., M. A. Altieri and A. C.
Bellotti. 1991. Survivorship of cassava
whitefiles Aleurotrachelus socialis and
Trialeurodes variabilis (Homoptera:
Aleyrodidae) under different cropping systems
in Colombia. Crop Protection 10: 305-310.
128.Altieri, M. A. 1991. Classical Biological
Control and Social Equity. Guest Editorial.
Bull. Entomological Research 81:
365-369.
129.Altieri, M. A. 1991. Ecology of tropical
herbivores in polycultural agroecosystems.
pp. 607-617. In: Plant-Animal Interactions.
Evolutionary ecology in tropical and
temperate regions. P. W. Price, T. M.
Lewisohn, G. Wilson Fernandes and W. W.
Benson, eds. John Willey & Sons, Inc.,
New York. 639 pp.
130.Altieri, M. A. 1991. Traditional farming
in Latin America. The Ecologist 21(2): 93-96.
131.Altieri, M. A. 1991. Incorporando la
agroecologia al curriculo agronomico.
CLADES/FAO: Agroecologia y Ensenanza Agricola
en las Universidades Latino Americanas.
Santiago, Chile, 2-6 Septiembre, 1991.
132.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1991.
Less Is More. World Education Inc (WEI)
Reports 29: 17-20.
133.Francis, C. A. and M. A. Altieri 1992.
Agroecology and sustainable development:
innovative ideas for an effective university
curriculum. J. Sustainable Agriculture 3(1):
107-112.
134.Altieri, M. A. 1992. Sustainable
agricultural development in Latin America:
exploring the possibilities. Agric. Ecosyst.
and Environ. 39: 1-21.
135.Altieri, M. A. 1992. Agroecological
foundations of alternative agriculture in
California. Agri. Ecosyst. and Environ. 39:
23-53.
136.Garcia, M. A. and M. A. Altieri. 1992.
Explaining differences in flea beetle
Phyllotreta cruciferae Goeze densities and
mixed broccoli cropping systems as a function
of individual behavior. Entomol. Exp. appl.
62: 201-209.
137.Altieri, M. A. and M. K. Anderson. 1992.
Peasant farming systems, agricultural
modernization, and the conservation of crop
genetic resources. pp. 49-64. In:
Conservation Biology. The Theory and Practice
of Nature Conservation and Management. P. L.
Fiedler and S. K. Jain, eds., Chapman and
Hall, N.Y. 507 p.
138.Altieri, M. A. and A. Yurjevic. 1992.
CLADES: an agroecological working plan to
promote sustainable rural development among
resource-poor farmers in Latin America.
Presented at workshop "Networking for
LEISA" organized by ILEIA-IRRI,
Philippines, March 9-15, 1992.
139.Altieri, M. A. 1992. El rol ecologico de
la biodiversidad en agroecosistemas.
Agroecologia y Desarrollo 4: 2-11.
140.Nestel, D. and M. A. Altieri. 1992. The
weed community of Mexican coffee
agroecosystems: effect of management upon
plant biomass and species composition. Acta
Ecolgica 13(6): 715-726.
141.Altieri, M. A. 1992. Desarrollo
sostenible y pobreza rural: una perspectiva
latinoamericana. Revista de Desarrollo Rural
Alternativo 10: 19-45.
142.Altieri, M. A. and C.A. Francis. 1992.
Incorporating agroecology into the
conventional agricultural curriculum.
American J. Alternative Agriculture 7
(1&2): 89-93.
143.Altieri, M. A. 1992. L'agro-écologie
commence o ù finit la rhétorique de la
durabilité. CERES 24(2): 33-39.
144.Altieri, M.A. 1992. Where the rhetoric of
sustainability ends, agroecology begins.
CERES 134: 33-39. (Also in Spanish).
145.Altieri, M. A. and C. Montecinos. 1993
Conserving crop genetic resources in Latin
America through farmers' participation. pp.
45-64. In: Perspectives on Biodiversity: Case
Studies of Genetic Resource Conservation and
Development. C. S. Potter, J. I. Cohen and D.
Janczewski, eds., AAAS. Washington, D. C. 254
p.
146.Altieri, M. A. and O. Masera. 1993.
Sustainable rural development in Latin
America: Building from the bottom up.
Ecological Economics. 7: 93-121.
147.Altieri, M. A., J. R. Cure and M. A.
Garcia. 1993. The role and enhancement of
parasitic Hymenoptera biodiversity in
agroecosystems. pp. 257-275. In: Hymenoptera
and Biodiversity. J. LaSalle and J. Gould,
eds. CAB International, London.
148.Altieri, M. A. 1993. Sustainability and
the rural poor: a Latin American perspective.
In: Food for the Future: conditions and
contradictions of sutainability. P. Allen,
ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 193-209.
149.Altieri, M. A., J. Trujillo, L. Campos
S., C. Klein-Koch, C. S. Gold and J. R.
Quezada. 1993. Control Biologico Clasico en
America Latina, Pasado, Presente y Futuro.
Miscelanea Soc. Colombiana de Entomol. 28:
1-26.
150.Altieri, M.A. 1993. Designing and
improving pest management systems for
subsistence farmers. pp. 1-20. In: Crop
Protection Strategies for Subsistence
Farmers. M.A. Altieri, ed. Westview Press,
Inc. Boulder, CO.
151.Altieri, M.A. 1993. Ethnoscience and
biodiversity: key elements in the design of
sustainable pest management systems for small
farmers in developing countries. Agric.
Ecosyst. Environ. 46: 257-272.
152.Altieri, M. A. 1993. Agroecologia,
conocimiento tradicional y desarrollo rural
sustentable. In: Cultura y Manejo Grupo
Editorial. M.A. Perrua, Mexico D. F.
Sustentable de los Recursos Naturales. Vol.
II. Enrique Leff and Julia Carabias, eds.
153.Altieri, M. A. 1993. The implications of
Cuba's agricultural conversion to the general
Latin American agroecological movement.
Agriculture and Human Values. p. 1-2.
154.Altieri, M. A., C. Benito, A. Gomez-Lobo,
T. Tomic and J. Valenzuela. 1993. Wheat
farming in Chile. In: P. Faeth (ed.)
Agricultural Policy and Sustainability: case
studies from India, Chile, the Philippines,
and the United States. World Resources
Institute, Washington D.C.
155.Altieri, M. A. 1994. Necesidades y Nuevos
enfoques de informacion para los organismos
no-gubernamentales y los pequeños
agricultures de America Latina. Revista -
AIBDA Vol. 14(2): 47-55.
156.Altieri, M. A. 1994. Conversion organica
de la agricultura cubana. Hoja a Hoja del
Maela 4(6): 15-17.
157.Altieri, M. A., R. Venegas, J. Rodriguez,
G. Hinojosa, S. Burgos. 1994. Conversion de
viñedos de exportación a un manejo
agroecologico. Ambiente y Desarrollo. X(3)
85-92.
158.Costello, M. J. And M. A. Altieri. 1994.
Living mulches suppress aphids in broccoli.
California Agriculture 48: 24-28.
159.Altieri, M. A. 1994. Rural Development:
International. Encyclopedia of Agricultural
Science Vol. 3 p. 647-653.
160.Altieri, M. A. 1994. Sustainable
Agriculture. Encyclopedia of Agricultural
Science Vol. 4. P. 239-247.
161.Altieri, M. A. 1994. Bases agroecologicas
para una produccion agricola sustenable.
Agricultura Tecnica (Chile) 54(4):
371-386.
162.Labrador, J.M. and M.A. Altieri l995
Manejo y diseno de sistemas agricolas
sustentables. Hojas divulgativas 6/7.
Ministerio de Agricultura, pesca y
Alimentacion, Spain. 5l p.
163.Altieri, M. A. 1995. Agroecology.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (1):
31-36.
164.Altieri, M. A. 1995. Escaping the
treadmill. CERES: 27(4) 15-23. (Also in
Spanish and French.)
165.Altieri, M. A. 1995. El estado del arte
de la agroecología y su contribución al
desarrollo rural en América Latina. IN:
Agricultura y Desarrollo Sostenible. Alfredo
Cadenas Marin, (ed.) Ministerio de
Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion, Madrid.
pp: 151-203.
166.Altieri, M. A. 1995. Biodiversity and
biocontrol: lessons from insect pest
management. Advances in Plant Pathology 11:
191-209.
167.Altieri,M.A., C.I. Nicholls and M.S.
Wolfe 1996 Biodiversity a central concept in
organic agriculture: Restraining pests and
diseases. In: Fundamentals of Organic
Agriculture. T.V. Ostergard, Editor. IFOAM.
Copenhagen,Denmark.
168.Altieri, M. A. and P. Rosset 1996.
Agroecology and the conversion of large-scale
conventional systems to sustainable
management. International Journal of
Environmental Studies. 50: 165-185
169.Altieri, M.A. and C.I. Nicholls 1997
Biological control in agroecosystems through
management of entomophagous insects. In:
Critical Issues in Pest Management. G.S.
Dhaliwal and E.A. Heinrichs, Eds. National
Agricultural Technology Information
Center, Ludhiana, India.
170.Nicholls, C. I. and M. A. Altieri 1997.
Conventional agricultural development
programs and the persistence of the pesticide
treadmill in Latin America. Int. Journal of
Sustainable Development and World Ecology 4:
93-111
171.Rosset, P. and M. A. Altieri 1997.
Agroecology versus input substitution: a
fundamental contradiction in sustainable
agriculture. Society and Natural Resources
10: 283-295
172.Altieri, M. A., P. Rosset and C. I.
Nicholls 1997. Biological control and
agricultural modernization: towards
resolution of some contradictions.
Agriculture and Human Values. 14: 303-310.
173.Altieri, M. A. 1997. The CGIAR and
biotechnology: can the renewal keep the
promise of research agenda for the rural
poor? In: ethics and equity in conservation
and use of genetic resources for sustainable
food security. IPGRI, Rome. pp: 83-90
174.Altieri, M. A. and C. I. Nicholls 1997.
Indigenous and modern approaches to IPM in
Latin America. LEISA 13:6-7.
175.Nicholls,M.A., M.P. Parrella and M.A.
Altieri l998 Advances and perspectives in the
biological control of greenhouse pests with
special reference to Colombia. Integrated
Pest Management Reviews 3: 99-110
176.Altieri, M.A. l998 The myths of
biotechnology: some ethical questions. In:
Proceedings of an associated event of the 5th
Annual World Bank Conferenec on
Environmentally and Socially Sustainable
Development. I. Seragelidin and
J.Martin-Brown (eds) pp. 53- 58. Washington,
D.C.
177.Altieri, M.A. l998. The environmental
risks of transgenic crops: an agroecological
assessment. In: Proceedings of an Associated
Event of the 5th Annual World Bank Conferenec
on Environmentally and Socially Sustainable
Development. I
Serageldin and J.Martin Brown (eds) pp:
,Washington, DC.
178.Altieri, M.A., P. Rosset and L.A. Thrupp
l998 The potential of agroecology to combat
hunger in the developing world. 2020 Vision
Brief. IFPRI, Washington, D.C.
179.Altieri, M.A. and A. Rojas. 1998 Lessons
from a trade partner: the environmental costs
of Chile's neoliberal programs. Alternatives
(Canada) 24:24-28
180.Altieri, M.A. l998 An agroecological
perspective to guide graduate educational
programs in agricultural economics and rural
development in Latin America of the XXI
Century. Ecological Economics
181.Altieri, M.A. and C.I. Nicholls l999
Biodiversity, ecosystem function and insect
pest management in agricultural systems. In:
Biodiversity in Agroecosystems. W.W. Collins
and C.O. Qualset (eds) pp. 69-84. CRC Press,
Boca Raton.
Papers In Press
1.Altieri, M. A., J. Trujillo, L. Campos S.,
C. Klein-Koch, C. S. Gold and J. R. Quezada.
Classical biological control in Latin
America: Past, present and future. In:
Principles and Applications of Biological
Control. (T. W. Fisher et al., eds.). Univ.
Calif. Press
2.Altieri, M. A. and D. K. Letourneau.
Environmental management to enhance
biological control in agroecosystems. In:
Principles and Applications of Biological
Control (T. W. Fisher et al., eds.). Univ.
Calif. Press.
3.Altieri, M. A. The Ecological role of
biodiversity in agroecosystems. Advances in
Agroecology.
4.Altieri, M.A. et al The greening of the
barrios: urban agriculture for food security
in Cuba. Agriculture and Human Values
5.Altieri, M.A. and A. Rojas Ecological
impacts of Chile's neoliberal policies, with
special emphasis on agroecosystems.
Environment, Development and Sustainability.
Books Published
1.Altieri, M. A. 1987. Agroecology: The
Scientific Basis of Alternative Agriculture.
Westview Press, Boulder, Co. 227 p.
2.Altieri, M. A. and M. Z. Liebman (eds.).
1988. Weed Management in Agroecosystems:
Ecological Approaches. Book for CRC
Uniscience Series. CRC Press, Boca Raton,
Florida. 354 p.
3.Altieri, M. A. 1988. Environmentally Sound
Small Scale Agricultural Projects. Vita.
Mohonk Trust. 162 p.
4.Altieri, M. A. and S. B. Hecht (ed.). 1991.
Agroecology and Small Farm Development. Boca
Raton, FL. 262 p.
5.Altieri, M. A. 1993. Crop Protection
Strategies for Subsistence Farmers. Westview
Press, Inc. Boulder, CO. 197 p.
6.Altieri, M. A. 1994 Biodiversity and Pest
Management in Agroecosystems. Haworth Press,
Inc., New York.
7. Altieri, M. A. y otros 1994 Agricultura
sustentable: un caso de simulación para
Chile. Editorial Universidad de Talca, Chile.
92 p.
8. Altieri, M. A. 1995. Agroecology: The
science of sustainable agriculture. Westview
Press, Boulder, CO. Revised and expanded
edition.
9. Altieri, M. A. 1995. Agroecology: creating
the synergisms for a sustainable agriculture.
UNDP Guidebook Series, New York. 87 p.
10. Altieri, M. A. 1996. Enfoque
agroecologico para el desarrollo de sistemas
de producción sostenible en los Andes.
Centro de Investigación, Educación y
Desarrollo. Lima, Peru. 92 p.
11. Altieri,M.A. l998. Agroecologia: a
dinamica productiva da agricultura
sustentavel. Editora de Universidade. UFRGS,
Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. 110 p.
