The Contribution of Surrounding Margins in the Promotion of Natural Enemies in Mediterranean Apple Orchards.

ABSTRACT: (1) Habitat management can enhance beneficial arthropod populations and provide ecosystem services such as biological control. However, the implementation of ecological infrastructures inside orchards has a number of practical limitations. Therefore, planting/growing insectary plants in the margins of orchards should be considered as an alternative approach. (2) Here, we assessed the efficacy of a flower margin composed by four insectary plant species (Achillea millefolium, Lobularia maritima, Moricandia arvensis and Sinapis alba), which was placed on an edge of four Mediterranean apple orchards to attract natural enemies of two apple tree aphids (Dysaphis plantaginea and Eriosoma lanigerum). We also characterized the natural enemies present in the

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Gasol N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6572432 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature