Influence of Ground Cover on Beneficial Arthropods in Pecan

Smith, Michael W.; Arnold, Don C.; Eikenbary, R. D.; Rice, Natasha R.; Shiferaw, Asrat; Cheary, Becky S.; Carroll, Becky

doi:10.1006/bcon.1996.0021

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“…Studies with pecan (Carya illinoensis) in the United States, for example, have looked at the influence of ground cover types on arthropod densities in agroforestry systems (Bugg et al 1991;Smith et al 1996;Stamps and Linit 1997). Bugg et al (1991) observed that cover crops (e.g.…”

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Agroforestry for ecosystem services and environmental benefits: an overview

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Agroforestry systems are believed to provide a number of ecosystem services; however, until recently evidence in the agroforestry literature supporting these perceived benefits has been lacking. This special issue brings together a series of papers from around the globe to address recent findings on the ecosystem services and environmental benefits provided by agroforestry. As prelude to the special issue, this paper examines four major ecosystem services and environmental benefits of agroforestry:(1) carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil enrichment and (4) air and water quality. Past and present evidence clearly indicates that agroforestry, as part of a multifunctional working landscape, can be a viable land-use option that, in addition to alleviating poverty, offers a number of ecosystem services and environmental benefits. This realization should help promote agroforestry and its role as an integral part of a multifunctional working landscape the world over.

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Agroforestry for ecosystem services and environmental benefits: an overview

2009

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“…The first established population was documented in 1988 in North America (Chapin and Brou, 1991). After this initial detection, it spread rapidly across North America (Colunga-Garcia and Gage, 1998, Dreistadt et al, 1995, Hesler et al, 2001, Smith et al, 1996, Tedders and Schaefer, 1994. Currently, it occurs throughout much of the continental United States, except for Montana, Wyoming, and parts of the southwestern United States (RLK, unpublished data).…”

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Impact of Lambda-cyhalothrin on Intraguild Predation Among Three Mite Predators

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“…Many studies indicated that the weeds and covering crops present in agroecosystems not only increase plant biodiversity, but also offer many important requisites for natural enemies, such as alternative prey/hosts, pollen or nectar as well as microhabitats [4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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A Mechanism for Biological Control—Tempo-Spatial Synchronization of Natural Enemy and Insect Pest Population Dynamics at the Peak by Increase of Biodiversity

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2015

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Abstract:To reveal the mechanism of control of the Woolly Apple Aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum Hausm, WAA) by increase of biodiversity in the apple orchard, a consecutive two-year field trials were conducted in Yunnan province, China. The results showed that the peak of natural enemy density curve in the cover cropping orchard was well temporally synchronized with that of the WAA density on trees, but did not synchronize with that of WAA density on trees in clean orchard. In addition, the frequency of natural enemies and WAA within a same sample in cover cropping orchard was obviously higher than that in clean cultivated orchard during the peak of population curves, indicating that natural enemies spatially synchronized with aphids. The density of WAA for the whole growing season in cover cropping orchard was much less than that in clean orchard. Therefore, the temporal-spatial synchrony of natural enemy and aphid populations was proposed as one of the mechanisms for aphid control in cover cropped orchards.

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Influence of Ground Cover on Beneficial Arthropods in Pecan

Cited by 54 publications

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Agroforestry for ecosystem services and environmental benefits: an overview

Agroforestry for ecosystem services and environmental benefits: an overview

Impact of Lambda-cyhalothrin on Intraguild Predation Among Three Mite Predators

A Mechanism for Biological Control—Tempo-Spatial Synchronization of Natural Enemy and Insect Pest Population Dynamics at the Peak by Increase of Biodiversity

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