Dispersal of natural enemies from buckwheat cover crop plots embedded within a southern California vineyard during spring and summer was investigated by using an arthropod mark-capture technique.
Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are conducting experimental trials that may help the state’s watermelon growers improve their yields while improving the soil and reducing
Brassica green manures have the potential to provide biological control of several common potato pests, including soil borne diseases, nematodes, and weeds. Therefore, a three-year, multidisciplinary study to evaluate pest
Infall2000,anon-farmsustainableagriculturalresearchprojectwasestablishedforcotton, GossypiumhirsutumL.,inTiftCounty,Georgia.Theobjectiveofour2-yrresearchprojectwastodetermine theimpactofseveralcovercropsonpestandpredatorinsectsincotton.TheÞvecovercroptreatments included1)cerealrye,SecalecerealeL.,astandardgrasscovercrop;2)crimsonclover,Trifoliumincarnatum L., a standard legume cover crop; 3) a legume mixture of balansa clover, Trifolium michelianum Savi; crimsonclover;andhairyvetch,ViciavillosaRoth;4)alegumemixtureryecombination;and5)nocover crop in conventionally tilled Þelds.
We provide the first extensive documentation of insect visitors to buckwheat (Fagropyrum esculentum Moench; Polygonales: Polygonaceae) in Florida. We visually surveyed eight 2 ha fields of buckwheat in north-central Florida
Amanda McWhirt, extension fruit and horticulture specialist for the Division of Agriculture, said two major research trials, being held at both the Southwest Research and Extension Center in Hope, and
Evidence has shown that certain cover crops can increase beneficial insects and suppress disease in the following cash crop. They can also provide important resources to pollinators. In order to
This project examined the effects of three winter cover crop species grown singly and combined in multispecies mixtures on selected biological indicators of soil health and determined the changes of
This study evaluates the infuence of summer fowering cover crops and landscape diversity on the abundance and diversity of vineyard bee populations. We showed that diversity and abundance of wild