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The New Zealand endemic wheat bug, Nysius huttoni (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), is a pest of brassica seedlings. However, it has a wide host range comprising almost all cultivated brassicas, cereals and many other cultivated crops, as well as weeds. The brassica alyssum (Lobularia maritima) is a potential trap crop of N. huttoni, having the potential to keep the bugs away from seedlings. Laboratory no-choice and choice tests evaluated the relative preference of N. huttoni for two major growth stages of alyssum – vegetative and flowering. In both bioassays, N. huttoni adults settled significantly more promptly on the flowering than on the vegetative stage. The same preference was evident for adult numbers settling. Survival was higher on the flowering (38%) than on the vegetative stage (28%), although this was not significant. The implications of these findings are important in the design of trap cropping protocols for N. huttoni management. Flowering alyssum in brassica fields can also potentially improve pest biological control and provide other ecosystem services that can contribute to mitigating diminished ecosystem functions in agriculture.


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Bipana Devi Acharya

Experiments were performed in pot and field conditions to evaluate effects of non-host crops on Orobanche seed bank. The two sites chosen for the study were located in highly Orobanche infested areas of Nawalparasi district, an inner Terai region of central Nepal. Pot and field experiments were conducted in the soil naturally infested with Orobanche seeds. Altogether, 21 different non-host crop species were tested in the study. Orobanche seed density in soil samples collected from pot/plot before planting and after harvest of each crop species was recorded. Data of pre-plant and postharvest were compared in order to assess the effects of the test crops on Orobanche seed density. On the basis of degree of effects on the Orobanche seed bank, the investigated crop species could be classified in to three categories: (a) non-potential trap crop: garlic, chilli, coriander, carrot, buckwheat, sunflower, french bean, pea, egg plant, potato, fenugreek, wheat and faba bean; (b) moderately potential trap crop: barley, onion, chickpea and maize; and (c) highly potential trap crops: radish, lentil, linseed, fennel and cumin.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/eco.v19i0.9851EcoprintAn International Journal of EcologyVol. 19, 2012Page: 31-38Uploaded date: 2/14/2014


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