Synergistic effects of ground cover and adjacent vegetation on natural enemies of olive insect pests

Paredes, Daniel; Cayuela, Luis; Campos, Mercedes

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.016

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“…Wedelia juga dapat berfungsi sebagai tanaman penutup tanah, dan beberapa penelitian melaporkan bahwa kepadatan populasi hama menurun dengan adanya tanaman penutup tanah atau vegetasi alami yang ada di sekitar lahan pertanian, apalagi terkadang serangga hama lebih tertarik pada tanaman yang bukan tanaman budidaya (Altieri & Nichols, 2004;Paredes et al, 2013).…”

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Keragaman dan Kelimpahan Musuh Alami Hama pada Habitat Padi yang Dimanipulasi dengan Tumbuhan Berbunga

Kurniawati¹

2015

Ilmu Pertanian (Agricultural Science)

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Keragaman dan Kelimpahan Musuh Alami Hama pada Habitat Padi yang Dimanipulasi dengan Tumbuhan Berbunga

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2015

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“…In perennial systems, living mulches can be successfully established for the control of weeds (Baumgartner et al 2008;Fourie 2010). Some plant species can act as trap crops (Aluja et al 1997), or as sources of natural enemies providing top-down control (Paredes et al 2013). There are many such mechanisms by which increasing plant diversity can be taken advantage of to improve biological regulation of pests, but this approach has received more attention in tropical systems (Crowder and Jabbour 2014;Ratnadass et al 2012).…”

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Eight principles of integrated pest management

Barzman¹,

Bàrberi

Birch

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Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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The use of pesticides made it possible to increase yields, simplify cropping systems, and forego more complicated crop protection strategies. Over-reliance on chemical control, however, is associated with contamination of ecosystems and undesirable health effects. The future of crop production is now also threatened by emergence of pest resistance and declining availability of active substances. There is therefore a need to design cropping systems less dependent on synthetic pesticides. Consequently, the European Union requires the application of eight principles (P) of Integrated Pest Management that fit within sustainable farm management. Here, we propose to farmers, advisors, and researchers a dynamic and flexible approach that accounts for the diversity of farming situations and the complexities of agroecosystems and that can improve the resilience of cropping systems and our capacity to adapt crop protection to local realities. For each principle (P), we suggest that (P1) the design of inherently robust cropping systems using a combination of agronomic levers is key to prevention. (P2) Local availability of monitoring, warning, and forecasting systems is a reality to contend with. (P3) The decision-making process can integrate cropping system factors to develop longer-term strategies. Agron. Sustain. Dev. (2015) 35:1199-1215 DOI 10.1007 protection solutions. And (P8) integration of multi-season effects and trade-offs in evaluation criteria will help develop sustainable solutions.

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“…Intensification also results in decline of agroecosystems plant diversity that is detrimental to the overall ecosystem equilibrium (Storkey et al, 2012). Plant diversity enhances wildlife food and shelter availability (Potts et al, 2006;Nekhay & Arriaza, 2009) and maintains pest natural predator populations, hence diminishing the need for pesticides (Solomou & Sfougaris, 2011;Paredes et al, 2013). It is also one of the most relevant factors to enhance soil stability (Pohl et al, 2009), foster microbial and fungal community richness and functional diversity, and thus N mineralization rates (Zak et al, 2003;Lamb et al, 2011).…”

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Natural vegetation management to conserve biodiversity and soil water in olive orchards

Simões

Belo

Pinto-Cruz

et al. 2014

Span. j. agric. res.

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The combined impact of soil tillage intensification and expansion of olive farming is resulting in soil degradation and biodiversity decline. We hypothesized that, instead of tilling, mowing to control the natural vegetation in spring can increase biodiversity and improve soil quality. We compared the effects of natural vegetation mowing (NVM) with those of tillage (NVT) on plant community composition and cover, soil water content and resistance to penetration, and olive yield over an 8-year period, in a Mediterranean rainfed olive orchard. NVM had an average of 28 more species and showed a strong positive correlation with Poaceae and Fabaceae, and also with geophytes and hemicryptophytes. In contrast, NVT was negatively correlated with species richness and diversity, with perennial life forms, and positively correlated with Convolvulaceae. Proportions of grass and straw cover in spring were higher in NVM from the beginning of the study (average difference was about 20%). In autumn, grass cover became higher in NVM than in NVT from year five (13% more) and straw cover from year two (30% more). Olive production did not differ between treatments in any of the years. Soil water was higher in NVM, at both soil depths, particularly in mid-summer and after the first autumn rains (1 to 2%). Soil resistance to penetration was 1 Mpa higher in NVM than in NVT. As compared to conventional tillage, natural vegetation cover mowed in spring seems to be an effective management practice to improve the overall rainfed olive orchard biodiversity and soil quality, without affecting production.

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Synergistic effects of ground cover and adjacent vegetation on natural enemies of olive insect pests

Cited by 98 publications

References 40 publications

Keragaman dan Kelimpahan Musuh Alami Hama pada Habitat Padi yang Dimanipulasi dengan Tumbuhan Berbunga

Keragaman dan Kelimpahan Musuh Alami Hama pada Habitat Padi yang Dimanipulasi dengan Tumbuhan Berbunga

Eight principles of integrated pest management

Natural vegetation management to conserve biodiversity and soil water in olive orchards

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