scholarly journals Major Lessons From Large-Scale Trap Cropping Demonstrations for Pest Reduction in Vegetables

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayanava Majumdar ◽  
Matthew Price
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Trap Cropping ◽  
Small Plot ◽  
Participatory Research Approach

Abstract Vegetable production in the Southeast is always at high risk from insect pests. Alternative integrated pest management (IPM) systems have to be effective in small plot as well as at the farming scale. This article explores the recent studies on large-scale trap crops using single or multiple cultivars and innovative layouts for long-term pest reduction. Trap crops must be planned carefully under high pest pressure and drought conditions along with an insecticide use strategy that minimizes external inputs and conserves natural enemies. Through participatory research approach, trap crop systems continue to evolve into practical solutions for the vegetable producers.

scholarly journals Application of Trap Cropping as Companion Plants for the Management of Agricultural Pests: A Review

Insects ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shovon Chandra Sarkar ◽  
Endong Wang ◽  
Shengyong Wu ◽  
Zhongren Lei
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Companion Plant ◽  
Trap Cropping

Companion planting is a well-known strategy to manage insect pests and support a natural enemy population through vegetative diversification. Trap cropping is one such type of special companion planting strategy that is traditionally used for insect pest management through vegetative diversification used to attract insect pests away from the main crops during a critical time period by providing them an alternative preferred choice. Trap crops not only attract the insects for feeding and oviposition, but also act as a sink for any pathogen that may be a vector. Considerable research has been conducted on different trap crops as companion plant species to develop improved pest management strategies. Despite this, little consensus exists regarding optimal trap cropping systems for diverse pest management situations. An advantage of trap cropping over an artificially released natural enemy-based biological control could be an attractive remedy for natural enemies in cropping systems. Besides, many trap crop species can conserve natural enemies. This secondary effect of attracting natural enemies may be an advantage compared to the conventional means of pest control. However, this additional consideration requires a more knowledge-intensive background to designing an effective trap cropping system. We have provided information based on different trap crops as companion plant, their functions and an updated list of trap cropping applications to attract insect pests and natural enemies that should be proven as helpful in future trap cropping endeavors.

Evaluation of Trap Cropping for Control of Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in a Broccoli Production System

2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 1864-1871
Author(s):  
S Sherbrooke ◽  
Y Carrière ◽  
J C Palumbo
Keyword(s):  
Plant Density ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Larval Mortality ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Oviposition Preference ◽  
Indian Mustard ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Oviposition Choice ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Trap Cropping

Abstract Trap cropping, in which a trap crop is planted near a cash crop, has been used successfully for reducing pest damage in some agricultural systems. We used a meta-analysis of extensive data on two trap cropping systems, diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus), exploiting cabbage and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) exploiting maize, to show that oviposition preference for, and high larval mortality on trap crops are important indicators of effectiveness of trap cropping systems. We then evaluated Indian mustard (Brassica juncea var. juncea L. Czern.) (Capparidales: Brassicaceae) and yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris W. T. Aiton) (Brassicales: Brassicaceae) as trap crops for protecting broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck) (Capparidales: Brassicaceae) against diamondback moth in Yuma, AZ, using planting configurations compatible with current practices for commercial production and without use of insecticides. In oviposition choice tests, both yellow rocket and Indian mustard were highly preferred over broccoli in the field. Furthermore, the number of larvae and pupae was significantly lower on yellow rocket and Indian mustard compared to broccoli, indicating relatively high mortality on these trap crops. Nevertheless, during the fall and spring growing seasons, no significant differences in the number of individuals on broccoli or proportion of broccoli crowns infested at harvest occurred between plots with trap crops relative to plots exclusively planted to broccoli. Thus, with the plant density and planting patterns used and without use of insecticides, there was no evidence that trap cropping was effective for reducing diamondback moth infestation of broccoli.

scholarly journals Evaluating legume species as alternative trap crops to chickpea for management of Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in central Queensland cotton cropping systems

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.R. Grundy ◽  
R.V. Sequeira ◽  
K.S. Short
Keyword(s):  
Cicer Arietinum ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Production Region ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Trap Cropping ◽  
Blight Disease ◽  
High Level

AbstractMounting levels of insecticide resistance within Australian Helicoverpa spp. populations have resulted in the adoption of non-chemical IPM control practices such as trap cropping with chickpea, Cicer arietinum (L.). However, a new leaf blight disease affecting chickpea in Australia has the potential to limit its use as a trap crop. Therefore this paper evaluates the potential of a variety of winter-active legume crops for use as an alternative spring trap crop to chickpea as part of an effort to improve the area-wide management strategy for Helicoverpa spp. in central Queensland's cotton production region. The densities of Helicoverpa eggs and larvae were compared over three seasons on replicated plantings of chickpea, Cicer arietinum (L.), field pea Pisum sativum (L), vetch, Vicia sativa (L.) and faba bean, Vicia faba from the plants after oviposition. Plantings of field pea as a replacement trap crop for chickpea under commercial conditions confirmed the high level of attractiveness of this crop to ovipositing moths. The use of field pea as a trap crop as part of an area-wide management programme for Helicoverpa spp. is discussed.

scholarly journals Integrated pest management: the push–pull approach for controlling insect pests and weeds of cereals, and its potential for other agricultural systems including animal husbandry

2007 ◽  
Vol 363 (1491) ◽  
pp. 611-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hassanali ◽  
Hans Herren ◽  
Zeyaur R Khan ◽  
John A Pickett ◽  
Christine M Woodcock
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pests ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Subsistence Farming ◽  
Cereal Crop ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Pull System ◽  
Trap Cropping ◽  
Pull Control

This paper describes the ‘push–pull’ or ‘stimulo-deterrent diversionary’ strategy in relation to current and potential examples from our own experiences. The push–pull effect is established by exploiting semiochemicals to repel insect pests from the crop (‘push’) and to attract them into trap crops (‘pull’). The systems exemplified here have been developed for subsistence farming in Africa and delivery of the semiochemicals is entirely by companion cropping, i.e. intercropping for the push and trap cropping for the pull. The main target was a series of lepidopterous pests attacking maize and other cereals. Although the area given to the cereal crop itself is reduced under the push–pull system, higher yields are produced per unit area. An important spin-off from the project is that the companion crops are valuable forage for farm animals. Leguminous intercrops also provide advantages with regard to plant nutrition and some of the trap crops help with water retention and in reducing land erosion. A major benefit is that certain intercrop plants provide dramatic control of the African witchweed (striga). Animal husbandry forms an essential part of intensive subsistence agriculture in Africa and developments using analogous push–pull control strategies for insect pests of cattle are exemplified.

scholarly journals The role of forests in regulating water: The Turkey Lakes Watershed case study

2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
N W Foster ◽  
F D Beall ◽  
D P Kreutzweiser
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Acid Rain ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Water Yield ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Turkey Lakes Watershed

Long-term experimental catchment studies, applied to relatively undisturbed ecosystems, provide reliable hydrologic data that are highly relevant to forest management decisions on water supply and quality. A number of large-scale, long term catchment studies have been conducted in North America to examine these linkages and processes in support of watershed management decisions. Among these the Turkey Lakes Watershed (TLW), a rare example of a long-term fully integrated examination of the biology and chemistry of the atmosphere, forests, soils, streams, and lakes, is presented as a case study. Multi-agency, interdisciplinary research at the TLW, which has strong links nationally and internationally, has included hydrological studies, examination of landscape influences on nutrient export to surface waters, and impacts of catchment disturbance on water yield, nutrient flux, carbon cycling, and sedimentation in streams. Application of partial cut harvest systems in the TLW tolerant hardwood forest resulted in reduced runoff and improved water quality (sediment, nitrate and calcium concentrations) relative to clearcut harvest. Twenty years after the initiation of reductions in atmospheric S emissions losses of SO42- from some headwater basins remain high and there is little evidence of acidification recovery in TLW surface waters. The TLW research approach can be used globally to scientifically assess how natural and human actions affect the important services provided by forested watersheds. For example, TLW results have contributed to international policy on acid rain reductions and air quality agreements. Key words: forest hydrology, water quality, hydrochemistry, forest disturbance, forest harvest, acid rain

Trap Crops: How Far We Are From Using Them in Cereal Crops?

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anamika Sharma ◽  
Govinda Shrestha ◽  
Gadi V P Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pests ◽  
Rhopalosiphum Padi ◽  
Brown Planthopper ◽  
Busseola Fusca ◽  
Insect Behavior ◽  
Nilaparvata Lugens ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Trap Crops

Abstract Trap crops are plants grown along with the main crop in order to manipulate insect behavior to manage the insect pests and are used as a cultural management strategy in several crops. Trap crops also provide habitat to natural enemies and can reduce the need for insecticides and hence reduce the development of insecticide resistance. The attractiveness of the trap crop, the timing of planting, and the space it occupies are major factors to consider before selecting and using a trap crop. The addition of semiochemicals and incorporation of ‘stimulo-deterrent diversion’ can increase the efficiency of trap crops. The important insect pests of cereal crops reported to managed by using trap crops include the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), on wheat and the stem borers Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and Busseola fusca (Fuller) on maize and sorghum. Other insect pests such as soil-dwelling wireworms [Agriotes obscurus L., Limonius californicus (Mannerheim) (Coleoptera: Elateridae)] on potatoes and the aphids Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), and Rhopalosiphum padi L. on wheat and the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) on rice are also possible to manage by using trap crops. Cereal crops such as maize and wheat are sometimes themselves used as trap crops, yet there have been only a handful of attempts made to use trap crops in cereal crops. The major limiting factors in using trap crops in cereal crops are environmental conditions, variation in landscape and cultivation practices. Nonetheless, trap crops remain an important tool of integrated pest management, and future studies should work to improve the efficacy, cost efficiency, and availability of alternative trap crops for use in cereal cultivation.

scholarly journals INDIAN MUSTARD AS A TRAP CROP FOR INSECT PESTS OF CABBAGE ON THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS

HortScience ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 268B-268
Author(s):  
David A. Bender ◽  
William P. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pests ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Indian Mustard ◽  
Management Program ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Economic Thresholds ◽  
Texas High Plains

Indian mustard trap crops have successfully reduced pesticide use on commercial cabbage in India. Diamondback moth has been a serious pest of cabbage in Texas and has demonstrated resistance to most classes of insecticides. Use of a trap crop could fit well in an integrated management program for cabbage insects, Three-row plots of spring and fall cabbage were surrounded by successive single-row plantings of Indian mustard in trials at Lubbock, Texas to determine the efficacy of interplanting for reducing insecticide applications. Insects in the cabbage and Indian mustard were counted twice weekly, and insecticides were applied selectively when economic thresholds were reached. Indian mustard was highly attractive to harlequin bugs, and protected intercropped spring cabbage. Cabbage plots without mustard required two insecticide applications to control the infestation. False chinch bugs were also highly attracted to Indian mustard. Lepidopterous larvae, including diamondback moth, did not appear to be attracted to the trap crop. Indian mustard trap crops reduced insecticide applications to spring cabbage but had no positive effect on fail cabbage.

Tobacco as a Trap Crop for Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Cotton

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Glynn Tillman
Keyword(s):  
Heliothis Virescens ◽  
Larval Mortality ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Tobacco Budworm ◽  
Cotton Field ◽  
Economic Threshold ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Small Plot ◽  
Cotton Fields

A 3-yr study evaluated tobacco as a trap crop for the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), in cotton. Small plot experiments were conducted on an experimental farm at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS, in 1996 and on a commercial farm in Aliceville, AL, in 1997 to determine the ability of small strips of tobacco to trap H. virescens in cotton field plots. In the 1996 experiment, tobacco budworms eggs were significantly higher on tobacco than on cotton from 7 June through 19 June and from 10 July through 22 July. In 1997, H. virescens eggs were significantly higher on tobacco than on cotton for every sampling date throughout the growing season. The conclusion derived from these small plot experiments was that H. virescens females preferred tobacco over cotton as an ovipositional site. Therefore, in 1998, a large-scale field experiment was conducted to determine the effectiveness of tobacco as a trap crop for H. virescens in commercial cotton fields in Funston, GA. In this experiment, the number of H. virescens eggs was significantly lower in cotton fields with tobacco trap crops compared to control cotton fields without tobacco trap crops on 2 and 9 July. Also, economic threshold for H. virescens was not reached in these cotton fields with tobacco trap crops. In contrast, the economic threshold for this pest was met in cotton fields without tobacco trap crops on two dates during the growing season. For each year of the study, percentage total real mortality (rx) for eggs and larvae of H. virescens on tobacco was very high, ranging from 91.4–99.9%. Larval mortality was attributed in part to parasitization by Toxoneuron nigriceps (formerly Cardiochiles nigriceps) Viereck and Campoletis sonorensis Cameron and an infection by an ascovirus of H. virescens. Thus, tobacco served as a trap crop and sink for H. virescens in cotton in this study.

scholarly journals Tanaman Perangkap untuk Pengendalian Serangga Hama Tembakau

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
. Nurindah ◽  
Dwi Adi Sunarto ◽  
. Sujak
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Good Agricultural Practices ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Pull Strategy

<p>Pengelolaan serangga hama dalam good agricultural practices (GAP) menerapkan cara-cara memproduksi tanaman yang berkualitas dengan menggunakan metode-metode pengelolaan serangga hama yang dapat meningkatkan keragaman genetik, keanekaragaman hayati dan habitatnya, serta terhadap struktur sosial dan komunitas pedesaan. Strategi ‘tolak-tarik’ (‘push-pull’ strategy) merupakan salah satu teknik pengenda-lian hama yang berprinsip pada komponen pengendalian non-toksik, sehingga dapat diintegrasikan dengan metode-metode lain yang dapat menekan perkembangan populasi hama dengan meningkatkan peran mu-suh alami pada pertanaman. Penelitian tanaman perangkap untuk pengendalian serangga tanaman temba-kau cerutu besuki dilaksanakan di Desa Antirogo, Kecamatan Sumbersari, Jember pada bulan Agustus–De-sember 2008. Pada penelitian ini digunakan tanaman jarak kepyar, sorgum, dan kacang hijau sebagai ta-naman penarik yang ditanam secara berlajur sebanyak satu atau dua baris di antara delapan baris tanaman tembakau. Sebagai pembanding adalah tanaman tembakau monokultur dengan penyemprotan insektisida secara berjadwal setiap empat hari sejak 10–50 HST dan petak kontrol, yaitu tanaman monokultur tanpa pe-ngendalian hama sama sekali. Penelitian disusun dalam rancangan acak kelompok dengan lima perlakuan yang diulang lima kali. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memilih tanaman perangkap yang dapat digunakan da-lam program pengendalian hama cerutu besuki secara terpadu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tanam-an jarak kepyar, sorgum, dan kacang hijau dapat digunakan sebagai tanaman perangkap, sehingga populasi hama pada tembakau dapat ditekan hingga 50% dan diperoleh produksi daun basah (8,62–9,17 ton/ha vs 8,42 ton/ha) dan kerosok (1,01–1,07 ton/ha vs 0,96 ton/ha) dengan mutu yang lebih baik dibandingkan kontrol (indeks mutu: 62,5–64,4 vs 62,1). Penggunaan kacang hijau memberikan produksi kerosok dengan mutu baik tertinggi, sehingga memberikan penerimaan yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan perlakuan lain. Pe-nyemprotan insektisida secara berjadwal untuk mengendalikan serangga hama tembakau cerutu besuki na-oogst merupakan tindakan pengendalian yang tidak efektif dan juga tidak efisien, karena sasaran serangga hama tidak tepat, sehingga terjadi pemborosan biaya input.</p><p> </p><p>Pest management in good agricultural practices concept use methods of qualified crop production processes with considering increasing genetic diversity, biodiversity and its habitat as well as social structure and village community. Push-and-pull strategy is a pest control method with a non-toxic method principal so that it can be integrated with other methods to suppress pest population and increase natural enemies’ populationin the ecosystems. Research on trap crops used for controlling insect pests on besuki-cigar tobaccowas conducted on besuki-cigar tobacco fields planted after rice (na-oogst) in Jember on August–December2008. In this research activity we used castor, sorghum, and mungbean as trap crops, each was intercroppedin one or two rows between eight rows of tobacco plants. We used monoculture tobacco plants withscheduled sprays of chemical insecticide, i.e. 4 days-spray interval on 10–50 days after planting and controlplots without any insect pest control for comparison with the use of trap crops. The research was arrangedin randomized block design with five treatments and five replicates. The aim of the research is to choose asuitable trap crop used in pest management of besuki cigar tobacco. The results showed that castor, sorghum,and mungbean could be use as trap crops to suppress insect pests population up to 25% on tobaccoplants and would give leaf production (1.01–1.07 ton/ha vs 0,96 ton cured leaves/ha) with a better quality(quality index: 62.5–64.4 vs 62.1) than those of control. Mungbean is the best trap crop as it gives a highestleaf production with a better quality, so that gives a better income than those of other treatments. Scheduledchemical insecticide sprays to control insect pest on na-oogst-besuki cigar tobacco was not either effectiveor efficient, because the target pest was not right, so that causing a wasteful input cost.</p>

scholarly journals Trap cropping: Principles and possibilities of application in root vegetable production

Biljni lekar ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 619-635
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Ignjatović-Ćupina ◽  
Aleksandar Ivezić
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Vegetation Period ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Trap Crops ◽  
Trap Cropping ◽  
Safe Food ◽  
Root Vegetables

Vegetable production is one of the most intensive parts of agricultural production in Serbia. There are several different classifications of vegetable species, but the most common is based on the edible part of the plant. This classification emphasizes root vegetables as a special and very important category. During the entire vegetation period, root vegetables are exposed to numerous pests, which reduce the value and quality of the final product. In addition to insects, which represent the most numerous group of animals, vegetables are also damaged by mites, nematodes, snails, rodents and some species of birds. One of the ecologically acceptable methods in the protection of vegetables is trap cropping, whereby certain plant species, the so-called trap plants are used to attract pests, in order to reduce the damage of the main crop. In modern agricultural production, trap crops are used as a common tool in Integrated Pest Management. Rising interest of agricultural producers for trap cropping is primarily attributed to the public concern about the potential negative effects of pesticides to human and environmental health, as well as to the increasing problem of pest resistance to insecticides. Since root vegetables intended for the market are primarily in fresh condition, an important segment of production is the effective protection of vegetable crops, which implies production of healthy and safe food. In that sense, the consideration of trap crops application in protection of root vegetables is more than justified, because trap cropping represents an environmentally friendly method and an effective alternative to conventional protection of vegetables from economically important pests.

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