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Predicting aphid abundance on winter wheat using suction trap catches

open access: yesPlant Protection Science, 2020
The relationship between the number of cereal aphids in flight (recorded by a national grid of suction traps in the Czech Republic) and their occurrence on winter wheat (in Prague) was established between 1999-2015.
Alois Honěk   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

TRAP CROP RADISH: A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR NEMATICIDE IN SUGAR BEETS [PDF]

open access: yes
Chemical treatment of nematodes in sugar beets can be very costly ($190 per acre), and hazardous, representing significant environmental risks to air, water and human health.
Gray, Fred A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Sunflower Insect Monitoring Projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
During the 2013 growing season, UVM Extension’s Northwest Crops & Soils Program conducted studies to document the prevalence and impact of sunflower insect pests.
Darby, Heather   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Trap Nesting Wasps and Bees in Agriculture: A Comparison of Sown Wildflower and Fallow Plots in Florida

open access: yesInsects, 2017
Wildflower strip plantings in intensive agricultural systems have become a widespread tool for promoting pollination services and biological conservation because of their use by wasps and bees.
Joshua W. Campbell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Performance of Maize (Zea mays L.) as Trap Crops for the Management of Sunflower Broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.)

open access: yesAgronomy, 2020
Sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) is a weedy root parasite that causes huge damage to sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Trap crop can stimulate parasitic seed germination without attachment in trap crop, and it was considered as economic ...
Xiaoxin Ye   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ideotyping integrated aquaculture systems to balance soil nutrients. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Due to growing land scarcity and lack of nutrient inputs, African farmers switched from shifting cultivation to continuous cropping and extended crop area by bringing fragile lands such as river banks and hill slopes into production.
Mora Vallejo, A.P.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Spotted Wing Drosophila in Sweet Cherry Orchards in Relation to Forest Characteristics, Bycatch, and Resource Availability

open access: yesInsects, 2018
Forest vegetation is essential for the population development of the spotted wing drosophila (SWD). Yet, little is known of how the structure of surrounding forest areas influence the abundance of SWD within orchards.
Ernest Ireneusz Hennig, Dominique Mazzi
doaj   +1 more source

The use of mixed species cropping to manage pests and diseases – theory and practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This paper was presented at the UK organic research 2002 on behalf of colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). Mixed species cropping is often perceived as a viable tool to increase on-farm biodiversity in organic agriculture and is a potentially ...
Davies, Gareth   +2 more
core  

Organic Cotton Crop Guide - A manual for practitioners in the tropics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Designed primarily as a reference manual for extension workers and farmers, the Organic Cotton Crop Guide provides comprehensive practical know-how on organic cotton production in the tropics.
Eyhorn, Frank   +2 more
core  

Effect of environmental factors on the abundance variations of two native rodents in agricultural systems of Buenos Aires, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Our aim was to assess the effect of environmental factors on short temporal abundance variations of the two most abundant native rodents of agricultural agroecosystems, Akodon azarae and Calomys laucha.
Busch, Maria   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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