Effects of Different Inter-Row Soil Management and Intra-Row Living Mulch on Spontaneous Flora, Beneficial Insects, and Growth of Young Olive Trees in Southern Italy

Effects of Different Inter-Row Soil Management and Intra-Row Living Mulch on Spontaneous Flora, Beneficial Insects, and Growth of Young Olive Trees in Southern Italy

Conservation agriculture (i.e., minimized soil disturbance and permanent soil covering) and living mulches represent two agroecological practices that can improve soil fertility, spontaneous flora, and beneficial insect communities. This research studied the effect of these practices in a young oliv...

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Main Authors: Giuseppina Las Casas, Corrado Ciaccia, Valeria Iovino, Filippo Ferlito, Biagio Torrisi, Enrico Maria Lodolini, Alessio Giuffrida, Roberto Catania, Elisabetta Nicolosi, Salvatore Bella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
<i>Olea europaea </i>L.
Mediterranean basin
agroecological practices
minimum tillage
zero tillage
pollinating and predatory insects
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/4/545

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