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Trap cropping to manage green vegetable bug Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in sweet corn in New Zealand.
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Agricultural & Forest Entomology . May2002, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p101-107. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Abstract 1 The use of trap crops to reduce green vegetable bug (GVB) Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) damage to process sweet corn Zea mays (L.) was investigated in three field experiments. 2 In the first season, small plots (2.7 m by 10 m) of white mustard Sinapis alba (L.) with pea Pisum sativum (L.) were sown along a crop border and compared with sweet corn alone. 3 In the second season, black mustard Brassica nigra (L.) was sown at two sowing dates (14 days apart) and compared with a sweet corn control, to examine how the maturity of the trap crop affected numbers of GVB trapped. 4 A field scale experiment was also conducted to determine the effectiveness of black mustard as a trap crop to protect larger areas of sweet corn from GVB. 5 In all three experiments, GVB populations were much higher on the trap crops compared with the sweet corn. 6 In both small plot experiments, GVB were contained largely within the trap crop for 2 weeks until the sweet corn was harvested. 7 The field scale experiment demonstrated the efficacy of the trap cropping technique to protect larger areas of crop from GVB. 8 Percentages of damaged sweet corn cobs in the outside row of fields protected by a trap crop were 0% and 1%, respectively, compared with 11% and 22% in control fields. 9 Trap cropping is recommended as an effective strategy to manage this insect. Options for cultivating or spraying the trap crops to reduce bug survival are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *STINKBUGS
*CORN diseases
*CROPPING systems
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14619555
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Agricultural & Forest Entomology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6691952
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-9563.2002.00130.x