‘Management to Promote Flowering Understoreys Benefits Natural Enemy Diversity, Aphid Suppression and Income in an Agroforestry System,’
This open-access paper describes agroforestry management practices relating to understoreys and their effect on natural enemies.
Staton, T.; Walters, R.; Smith, J.; Breeze, T.; Girling, R. Management to Promote Flowering Understoreys Benefits Natural Enemy Diversity, Aphid Suppression and Income in an Agroforestry System. Agronomy 2021, 11, 651. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11040651
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Integrated Pest Management highlights the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms. IPM is one of the tools for low-pesticide-input pest management, and IPM must now be implemented by all professional agchem users.
Agroforestry is the practice of combining agricultural crops or livestock with trees and shrubs. It is a great example of agroecology in action. Agroforestry provides healthier soil, higher yields and vital homes for wildlife.
