Development of an Insectary Plant Mixture for New Mexico and its Effect on Pests and Beneficial Insects Associated with Pumpkins

Grasswitz, Tessa R.

doi:10.3958/059.038.0306

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“…Grasswitz & James (2009) mentioned that despite flowering was continuous through the season, the establishment was erratic and indicated that this plant was not commonly used by insects. In the same way, Grasswitz (2013) found that the California poppy showed no potential for attracting coccinellid predators in New Mexico. However, some farmers have mentioned that this plant could attract different thrip species; however, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have explored the use of this plant in terms of the resources that it could possibly offer or as a trap plant for thrip species.…”

Section: Chilementioning

confidence: 78%

Manipulation of Agricultural Habitats to Improve Conservation Biological Control in South America

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Manipulation of Agricultural Habitats to Improve Conservation Biological Control in South America

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“…Lobularia maritima also attracts the predator Jalysus wickhami Van Duzee (Hemiptera: Berytidae) (Pease and Zalom 2010). Besides being used alone, L. maritima is often used in mixtures of insectary plants (Bugg and Waddington 1994, Grasswitz 2013, Ramsden et al 2015, Balzan et al 2016. Compared to other insectary plants, L. maritima stays in bloom for a long time and it attracts less bees that can outcompete hoverflies (Picó and Retana 2001, Ambrosino et al 2006, Hogg et al 2011a.…”

Section: Lobularia Maritimamentioning

confidence: 99%

Trap Crops and Insectary Plants in the Order Brassicales

Badenes‐Pérez

2018

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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This paper reviews the most important cases of trap crops and insectary plants in the order Brassicales. Most trap crops in the order Brassicales target insects that are specialist in plants belonging to this order, such as the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), and flea beetles in the genera Phyllotreta and Psylliodes (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). In most cases, the mode of action of these trap crops is the preferential attraction of the insect pest for the trap crop located next to the main crop. With one exception, these trap crops in the order Brassicales have been used with brassicaceous crops. Insectary plants in the order Brassicales attract a wide variety of natural enemies, but most studies focus on their effect on aphidofagous hoverflies and parasitoids. The parasitoids benefiting from insectary plants in the order Brassicales target insects pests ranging from specialists, such as P. xylostella, to highly polyfagous, such as the stink bugs Euschistus conspersus Uhler and Thyanta pallidovirens Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). In the order Brassicales, the three most common trap crops are Indian mustard, Brassica juncea (L.) Czern, Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa L., and yellow rocket, Barbarea vulgaris R. Br., while the three most common insectary plants are sweet alyssum, Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv., white mustard, Sinapis alba L, and B. vulgaris. Except for Tropaeolum majus L. (Tropaeolaceae) and Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew. (Capparaceae), the tested trap crops and insectary plants in the order Brassicales belong to the family Brassicaceae.

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“…Some studies have shown that living mulch can exacerbate pest issues (Reid and Klotzbach, 2013), while others have shown variable or beneficial effects on pest levels (Amirault and Caldwell, 1998;Nyoike and Liburd, 2010;Grasswitz, 2013;Hinds et al, 2016). For instance, Kahl et al (2019) found that cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) interplanted with red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) had increased counts of natural enemies and lower counts of cucumber beetles and reduced melon aphid (Aphis gossypii) pressure, although spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi) had a variable response.…”

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Suppression of weed and insect populations by living cover crop mulches in organic squash production

Bruce

Silva²,

Dawson³

2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Living mulch systems can provide multiple agronomic and ecosystem benefits, including reducing erosion and decreasing weed and pest pressure. However, inconsistent yields and lack of best practices for weed and pest management have contributed to their lack of adoption by farmers. In 2018 and 2019, living mulch practices for organic zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) production were assessed in Wisconsin on certified organic land. Living mulches of Dutch white clover (Trifolium repens), annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum), and a mix of Dutch white clover and annual ryegrass were compared with full tillage cultivated ground and straw mulch controls for effect on yield, fruit marketability, weed and pest counts, and weed management time. Mixed species living mulch, cultivated, and straw mulch treatments were consistently higher yielding than clover treatments, while ryegrass had variable results. No differences were observed in the number of squash bug (Anasa tristis) egg clusters per plant across mulch treatments, but clover treatments had fewer adult squash bugs, with ryegrass and mixed species living mulches also trending lower. Lower counts of striped cucumber beetles (Acalymma trivittatum) were also observed in living mulch treatments. Ryegrass and mixed species living mulches were generally more weed suppressive than clover and cultivated aisles, although living mulch treatments generally had more weeds than straw mulched aisles, apart from comparable suppression of grass weeds for ryegrass in 2019. Time required for weed management was greater for the living mulch treatments than straw, while cultivated treatments took longer to manage than all other treatments in 2019 and longer than ryegrass and straw in 2018. Despite higher weed counts in clover than in cultivated aisles in 2019, all living mulches required less time for weed management than cultivation, indicating that managing living mulches with mowing can be more efficient than hand cultivation, even with higher weed counts. Our results support previous evidence that certain living mulch species may reduce pest and weed pressure, but also reinforces that living mulch systems can negatively impact yield depending on species selection and environment.

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Development of an Insectary Plant Mixture for New Mexico and its Effect on Pests and Beneficial Insects Associated with Pumpkins

Cited by 13 publications

References 41 publications

Manipulation of Agricultural Habitats to Improve Conservation Biological Control in South America

Manipulation of Agricultural Habitats to Improve Conservation Biological Control in South America

Trap Crops and Insectary Plants in the Order Brassicales

Suppression of weed and insect populations by living cover crop mulches in organic squash production

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