Resources Tagged: Trap Crop

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  1. Collards Can Protect Cabbage From Diamondback Caterpillars

    1999-07-19 The diamondback caterpillar,Plutella xylostella, (larva of amoth) is a very serious pest of cabbage and other crops. When highly fertilized collard greens (B. oleracea, Acephala Group), a related vegetable, are planted completely around a field, moths lay their eggs on the collards rather than on...
    Insects Trap Crop Pest Control Organic Biological Control

  2. Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources - ATTRA

    Certain plants can benefit others when planted in close proximity or used as botanical pesticides. This publication discusses the scientific and traditional basis for companion planting associations including trap cropping, weed suppression, physical-spatial interactions, and other relationships....
    Trap Crop Companion Crops