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

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2007-05

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University of Hawaii

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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.

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pest management, Hawaii, Brassica oleracea, live mulches, Trifolium repens, Trichoplusia ni, Plutella xylostella

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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).

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6 pages

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