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

dc.contributor.authorHooks, Cerruti R2
dc.contributor.authorPandey, Raju R.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Marshall W.
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-16T00:40:03Z
dc.date.available2009-09-16T00:40:03Z
dc.date.issued2007-05
dc.description.abstractA 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.
dc.format.extent6 pages
dc.identifier.citationHooks 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).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/12310
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInsect Pests
dc.relation.ispartofseries27
dc.subjectpest management
dc.subjectHawaii
dc.subjectBrassica oleracea
dc.subjectlive mulches
dc.subjectTrifolium repens
dc.subjectTrichoplusia ni
dc.subjectPlutella xylostella
dc.titleUsing Clovers as Living Mulches to Boost Yields, Suppress Pests, and Augment Spiders in a Broccoli Agroecosystem
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText

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