Using Clovers as Living Mulches to Boost Yields, Suppress Pests, and Augment Spiders in a Broccoli Agroecosystem
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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Hooks, Cerruti R2
Pandey, Raju R.
Johnson, Marshall W.
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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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