Living on the Edge: Using and Improving Trap Crops for Flea Beetle Management in Small-Scale Cropping Systems

The use of trap crops to manage pest insects offers an attractive alternative to synthetic pesticides. Trap crops may work particularly well at smaller production scales, being highly amenable where crop diversification and reduction of synthetic inputs are prioritised over yield alone. This paper d...

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Main Authors: David George, Gordon Port, Rosemary Collier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/9/286