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Application of Trap Cropping as Companion Plants for the Management of Agricultural Pests: A Review
Insects (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.9(4), 128
2018
PMCID: PMC6316212
PMID: 30257517
Abstract
Companion planting is a well-known strategy to manage insect pests and support a natural enemy population through vegetative diversification. Trap cropping is one such type of special companion planting strategy that is traditionally used for insect pest management through vegetative diversification used to attract insect pests away from the main crops during a critical time period by providing them an alternative preferred choice. Trap crops not only attract the insects for feeding and oviposition, but also act as a sink for any pathogen that may be a vector. Considerable research has been conducted on different trap crops as companion plant species to develop improved pest management strategies. Despite this, little consensus exists regarding optimal trap cropping systems for diverse pest management situations. An advantage of trap cropping over an artificially released natural enemy-based biological control could be an attractive remedy for natural enemies in cropping systems. Besides, many trap crop species can conserve natural enemies. This secondary effect of attracting natural enemies may be an advantage compared to the conventional means of pest control. However, this additional consideration requires a more knowledge-intensive background to designing an effective trap cropping system. We have provided information based on different trap crops as companion plant, their functions and an updated list of trap cropping applications to attract insect pests and natural enemies that should be proven as helpful in future trap cropping endeavors.
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- Title
- Application of Trap Cropping as Companion Plants for the Management of Agricultural Pests: A Review
- Authors/Creators
- Shovon Chandra SarkarEndong Wang - Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Plant Protect, State Key Lab Biol Plant Dis & Insect Pests, Beijing 100193, Peoples R ChinaShengyong Wu - Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Plant Protect, State Key Lab Biol Plant Dis & Insect Pests, Beijing 100193, Peoples R ChinaZhongren Lei - Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Plant Protect, State Key Lab Biol Plant Dis & Insect Pests, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China
- Publication Details
- Insects (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.9(4), 128
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Identifiers
- 991005649466107891
- Copyright
- © 2018 by the authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Food Futures Institute
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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