Using Clovers as Living Mulches to Boost Yields, Suppress Pests, and Augment Spiders in a Broccoli Agroecosystem

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Title:	Using Clovers as Living Mulches to Boost Yields, Suppress Pests, and Augment Spiders in a Broccoli Agroecosystem
Author:	Hooks, Cerruti R2; Pandey, Raju R; Johnson, Marshall W
Date:	2007-05
Publisher:	University of Hawaii
Citation:	Hooks CR, Pandey RR, Johnson MW. 2007. Using clovers as living mulches to boost yields, suppress pests, and augment spiders in a broccoli agroecosystem. Honolulu (HI): University of Hawaii. 6 p. (Insect Pests; IP-27).
Abstract:	A field trial showed that it is possible to lower insect pest density while maintaining crop quality and yield by undersowing leguminous living mulches; white clover was best suited among the legumes tried in the broccoli planting.
Series/Report No.:	Insect Pests 27
Pages/Duration:	6 pages
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12310
Keywords:	pest management, Hawaii, Brassica oleracea, live mulches, Trifolium repens, Trichoplusia ni, Plutella xylostella