Table of contents
Introduction. From intensive agriculture towards agroecology
Caroline Djian-Caporalino, Claire Caravel, Anne-Violette Lavoir
Part 1. The service plants’ underlying mechanisms
François Lecompte, Marie Chave, Bruno Jaloux, Delphine Moreau, Alice Michelot-Antalik, coord.
Chapter 1: Service plants to promote soil fertility, climate regulation and the water cycle
Florian Celette, Lionel Alletto, Léo Garcia, François Lecompte, Aurélie Metay
Soil fertility and associated ecosystem services
How service plants affect soil fertility
Dynamics and sustainability of service plant effects
Inset 1. Specialized metabolism
Alexandre de Saint Germain, Alan Kergunteuil
Chapter 2. Service plants promoting pollination
Audrey Alignier, Stéphanie Aviron, Mathilde Baude, Emma Jeavons, Alice Michelot-Antalik, Emmanuelle Porcher
How plants attract, feed and host pollinating insects
Effects of service plants on pollinator diversity and dynamics
How service plants promote pollination of adjacent crops
Service plants as a lever to promote pollination in agricultural landscapes
Inset 2. Service plants to support the heritage value of biodiversity
Olivier Crouzet, Florence Matutini, Alice Michelot-Antalik
Chapter 3. Service plants for the regulation of aerial pests
Agathe Baudry, Anne-Marie Cortesero, Nicolas Desneux, Marie Hédan, Coline Jaworski, Bruno Jaloux, Anne-Violette Lavoir, Adrien Le Navenant, Martin Luquet, Beatrice Rhino
Direct effects of service plants on pests
Indirect effects of service plants on pests
Evidence in the field
Antagonisms, convergences or synergies between these different regulatory mechanisms
Research perspectives.
Chapter 4. Service plants for the regulation of aerial pathogens
Christophe Le May, Frédéric Suffert
Direct effects of service plants on inoculum exposure within heterogeneous canopies
Indirect effects of service plants on foliar disease development
Finding compromises to limit antagonisms
Chapter 5. Service plants for the regulation of soil-borne pests and pathogens
Marie Chave, Caroline Djian-Caporalino, Sylvain Fournet, Sophie Mantelin, Philippe Nicot
Direct effects of service plants on soil-borne pests and pathogens
Indirect effects of service plants to control soil-borne pests and pathogens
Cultural practices involved
Evaluation of effects in the field
Convergences and antagonisms between mechanisms
Chapter 6. Service plants for weed regulation
Delphine Moreau, Nathalie Colbach, Stéphane Cordeau, Gaëlle Damour, Aurélie Gfeller, Jean-Philippe Guillemin, Sandrine Petit
Direct effects of service plants on weeds
Effects of service plants on weeds via their natural enemies
Evaluation of effects in the field
Convergences and antagonisms between mechanisms
Inset 3. Could service plants contribute to the well-being and health of farmers?
Gilles Galopin
Part 2. Multiservices, combination of services and disservices
Anne-Marie Cortesero, Célia Seassau, Anne-Violette Lavoir, coord.
Chapter 7. Multiservice or combined plants for multiservice
Caroline Djian-Caporalino, Audrey Alignier, Marie Chave, Anne-Marie Cortesero, Nicolas Desneux, Antoine Gardarin, Claire Goillon, Séverin Hatt, Coline Jaworski, Anne-Violette Lavoir, Cliven Njekete, Célia Seassau
Multiservice plants?
Combinations of service plants
Service plants: solutions for sustainable agriculture
Inset 4. The multifunctionality of hedgerows in agricultural landscapes
Sébastien Boinot
Chapter 8. Risks of disservices and the strategies to limit them
Delphine Moreau, Antoine Couëdel, Florian Celette, Steewy Lakhia, Sébastien Picault, Frédéric Suffert
Mechanisms behind disservices from service plants
Limiting disservices through agricultural practices
Chapter 9. Spontaneous flora: a bouquet of services and disservices
Mélanie Roy, Audrey Alignier, Stéphane Cordeau, Séverin Hatt, Elena Kazakou
Community ecology, the basics
Services and disservices: examples from the field
Changing temporal and spatial scales
Towards integrating spontaneous flora into the concept of service plants
Cultural practices to promote the services of spontaneous flora and minimize disservices?
Part 3. Choice and management of service plants
Safia Médiène, coord.
Chapter 10. Which plants for which services: how to choose?
Xavier Bousselin, Caroline Djian-Caporalino, Florian Celette, Mathias Christina, Alain Ferre, Antoine Gardarin, Mathieu Lorin, Safia Médiène, Christophe Naudin, Sébastien Picault, Guillaume Piva
A functional approach to the selection of service plants promoting pest regulation
Diversified plant mixtures to promote conservation biological control
Weed regulation and soil fertility management: the example of field crops
Chapter 11. Implementing service plants: a wide variety of insertion and management methods
Florian Celette, Mathias Christina, Antoine Gardarin, Safia Médiène, Christophe Naudin, Aude Ripoche, Gaëlle Tisserand
Overview of possible insertion modes for service plants
Synchronous intra-parcel insertion
Asynchronous intra-parcel insertion (rotation and intercrop management)
Insertion and management of vegetated strips in and around the plot
Chapter 12. Tools and models to help implement service plants
Sandrine Auzoux, Jean-Marc Blazy, Antoine Gardarin, Ludovic Mailleret, Safia Médiène, Aude Ripoche, Romain Roche, François Warlop
Tools to help choose service plants
Contribution of modelling for service plant management
Chapter 13. Barriers and levers to the adoption of service plants by farmers
Jean-Marc Blazy
The importance of strategic consistency with the farmer's decision-making model
A necessary rethink of the cropping system and work organization
Constraints and levers linked to upstream and downstream supply chains
Institutional and political levers
Giving a new system every chance
Part 4. Service plants everywhere and for everything?
Béatrice Rhino, Sylvaine Simon, coord.
Chapter 14. Comparing service plant use practices in different cropping systems
Marie Hédan, Raphaël Achard, Sandrine Auzoux, Mathias Christina, Alain Ferre, Léo Garcia, Jérôme Labreuche, Steewy Lakhia, Jérôme Lambion, Amélie Lefèvre, Aude Ripoche, Nathalie Verjux, François Warlop, Béatrice Rhino, Sylvaine Simon
Diversity of services, service plants and uses according to production
Crossed perspectives between sectors
Research, experimentation and co-construction to be pursued
Chapter 15. Service plants in the transition from agrosystem to agroecosystem
Pierre-Éric Lauri, Nathalie Colbach, Gaëlle Damour, Jean-Philippe Deguine, Joël Huat, Amélie Lefèvre, Delphine Moreau, Aude Ripoche
Diversifying agroecosystems to adapt them to local agroecological challenges
Developing knowledge, renewing approaches and seizing new tools
Integrating service plants into agroecosystems, a farming and cultural challenge
A challenge for research: better connecting agronomy, environment, economy and social
Inset 5. The concept of the service animal
Jean-Christophe Bambou, Audrey Fanchone, Jean-Luc Gourdine, Nathalie Mandonnet, Valentin Verret
Conclusion
Caroline Djian-Caporalino, Anne-Violette Lavoir
Mechanisms of action of service plants: state of the art and perspectives
Service plants, mainstay of the agroecological transition
Choosing among this complexity: emergence and importance of the decision support systems (DSS)
The players in service plants: to each its own role!
Glossary
Acronyms and abbreviations
Appendix. Summary of service plant species cited and services observed
List of authors
Acknowledgements
