Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden

Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden

We examined whether interplanting vegetable and ornamental flowering plants reduces herbivory and enhances photosynthetic rate, plant growth, natural enemy abundance, and pollinator visitation relative to monoculture plantings. We found no evidence of physiological or growth costs due to growth in p...

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Main Authors: Chrisdon B. Bonner, Eric J. Rebek, Janet C. Cole, Brian A. Kahn, Janette A. Steets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oklahoma Native Plant Society 2015-12-01
Series:Oklahoma Native Plant Record
Subjects:
cowpea
herbivory
native ornamentals
natural enemies
pollinators
polyculture
tomato
Online Access:http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/ONPR/article/view/6280/5774

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