BioControl, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Dec. 15, 2024
Language: Английский
Plant Production Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(3), P. 155 - 169
Published: June 29, 2024
Intercropping is an agricultural technique where many crops are grown together on the same field, and it becoming more widely acknowledged for its ability to improve productivity in food forage production. This farming method allows strategic integration of a profitable crop with cover or non-profitable achieve reciprocal benefits, while also spreading advantages across different systems. designs differ attain greater yields, reduce use chemicals fertilizers, enhance water-use efficiency, especially demanding circumstances arid semi-arid countries. study examines new mechanisms via which intercropping enhances sustainable agriculture, including recent progress ecological, genetic, microbial interactions that plant growth resilience. The adaptability Mediterranean region, varied methods assessed, particular focus possibilities implementing provides thorough analysis existing research, emphasizing contribution agriculture.
Language: Английский
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10
Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, with agriculture as a major driver. There mounting evidence that intercropping can increase insect while maintaining or increasing yield. Yet, often considered impractical for mechanized farming systems. Strip cropping pioneered by Dutch farmers it compatible standard farm machinery. Here, we use ground beetle data from four experimental locations across years of measurements because these are good agrobiodiversity indicators and hold keystone positions in agroecosystem foodwebs. We show strip systems designed retaining productivity also enhance biodiversity, without incurring yield loss. cropped fields had on average 15% more species 30% individuals than monocultural fields. The field-level richness organic through approached increases found other readily deployed conservation methods, like shifting conventional to (+19% - +23%). This makes useful tool bending the curve loss compromising food production.
Language: Английский
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Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, with agriculture as a major driver. There mounting evidence that intercropping can increase insect while maintaining or increasing yield. Yet, often considered impractical for mechanized farming systems. Strip cropping pioneered by Dutch farmers it compatible standard farm machinery. Here, we use ground beetle data from four experimental locations across years of measurements because these are good agrobiodiversity indicators and hold keystone positions in agroecosystem foodwebs. We show strip systems designed retaining productivity also enhance biodiversity, without incurring yield loss. cropped fields had on average 15% more species 30% individuals than monocultural fields. The field-level richness organic through approached increases found other readily deployed conservation methods, like shifting conventional to (+19% - +23%). This makes useful tool bending the curve loss compromising food production.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 10, 2025
Abstract Industrialized agriculture needs sustainable alternatives to pesticides avoid negative impacts on the environment and human health. Crop diversification is known decrease pest pressure in agricultural crops. Up till now, effects of insect herbivores crop yield are often assumed be equal among cropping systems. We sampled community cabbages five distinct systems characterized by increasing diversity. Using structural equation modelling, we assessed how herbivorous insects influence cabbage through direct consumptive indirect via changes community. The most diverse system synergistically increased abundance richness, whereas other did not differ consistently from each other. Cropping alter effect that have yield, where more do necessarily lead reduced yields. Specific had system‐specific which reflect differences potential for contribute biological control insects. In one with cultivar mixtures, observed yield. This may result a companioning drawing natural enemies away main cultivar, would cultivar. Synthesis applications. Our study shows design characteristics should considered when assessing herbivory As smaller impact systems, synergize biodiversity conservation food production.
Language: Английский
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World Journal of Forestry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(02), P. 298 - 307
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 61(11), P. 2701 - 2716
Published: Oct. 15, 2024
Abstract Pest‐regulating natural enemies often require crop and non‐crop habitats to persist be effective. These offer hibernation sites, alternative prey or floral resources but can also complementary in when they provide resources. The relative contribution of these different the performance pest‐regulating insects is largely unknown, since it difficult study empirically. Landscape‐based population‐dynamical modelling fill this research gap. In study, we modelled dynamics predatory hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphinae) their aphid a collection habitats. are dependent on for reasons. While larvae predate aphids, adult Resources segregated addition, only temporarily available any habitat type. our model, move between select where feed produce off‐spring based optimal foraging considerations. model represents common arable landscapes temporal availability parameterized field observations. shows that effective pest suppression will occur presence at least three habitats, including two crops times year. A woody with shrubs trees very early late season, whereas an cover period between. need same as example by flower strips margins fields blossoming habitat. Under assumptions, best obtained take up 6% 10% landscape. addition yearly population fluctuations, bi‐ multi‐yearly cycles may occur, depending composition Synthesis applications . Our agricultural landscape ‘complete’ (and control). For this, needs contain multiple supply periods
Language: Английский
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2
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
Intercropping is proposed as a promising strategy to meet future food demand while reducing agriculture’s environmental impact by re-diversifying agricultural fields. Strip cropping, form of intercropping, has potential simultaneously deliver multiple ecosystem services including productivity, facilitating management strip width can be adjusted the working available machines. While yield performance cropping systems influenced interaction between neighboring crops, date, empirical studies on various crop combinations in are limited. Here we used three-year data (2020–2022) from 64-ha organic system Netherlands (1) evaluate effects neighbors and (2) explore if optimizing allocation alternative configurations improve revenue performances. We analyzed edge effect six crops grown strips, each total five crops. The was then current terms LER relative revenue. Results showed that except for positive observed potato when celeriac or broccoli, lacked statistical significance. varied per crop: faba bean parsnip, neutral potato, negative oat onion. Analysis across an overall significant yield. These findings highlighted value analysis at level developing designs aimed unlocking cropping. but variable experimental design two suggests prioritizing increased diversity over their spatial arrangement. demonstrated productivity with further research needed expand database optimal combinations, extending evaluation beyond performances facilitate broader adoption Western Europe.
Language: Английский
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bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Nov. 4, 2024
Abstract Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, with agriculture as a major driver. There mounting evidence that intercropping can increase insect while maintaining or increasing yield. Yet, often considered impractical for mechanized farming systems. Strip cropping pioneered by Dutch farmers it compatible standard farm machinery. Here, we use ground beetle data from four experimental locations across years of measurements because these are good agrobiodiversity indicators and hold keystone positions in agroecosystem foodwebs. We show strip systems designed retaining productivity also enhance biodiversity, without incurring yield loss. cropped fields had on average 15% more species 30% individuals than monocultural fields. The field-level richness organic through approached increases found other readily deployed conservation methods, like shifting conventional to (+19% - +23%). This makes useful tool bending the curve loss compromising food production.
Language: Английский
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Current Opinion in Insect Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 64, P. 101228 - 101228
Published: June 27, 2024
Language: Английский
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Crop Protection, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 182, P. 106732 - 106732
Published: May 4, 2024
Alternative pest control systems such as companion plants are increasingly gaining importance owing to a reduced range of available synthetic insecticides and more rigorous regulation their use in the EU. Therefore, we evaluated effects Brassica vegetables grown with wheat on relevant pests, respective natural enemies harvest weight. Six trials were conducted white cabbage three Chinese between 2017 2021. We identified an overall aphid-regulating effect for Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) regulating flea beetles (Phyllotreta spp.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) both tested crops. Feeding by root fly Delia radicum L. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae roots was not consistently affected. Natural including ladybirds Coccinellidae), hoverfly Syrphidae), spiders (Araneida), ground Carabidae), rove Staphylinidae) assessed crop or pitfall traps. The activity density increased companions crops, while that cabbage. weight harvested companions, varying mean reduction 7.67% 40.08% different experiments. In conclusion, can be additional tool pests vegetables. However, competition yield compatibility other cultivation aspects, e.g. rotation, have considered.
Language: Английский
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