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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEST MANAGEMENT
Volume 58, Issue 4, Pages 368-376Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2012.734869
Keywords
banker plant; barrier plant; companion plant; indicator plant; insectary plant; integrated pest management; plant morphology; repellent plant; trap plant
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- INRA's Department Plant Health and Environment
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Secondary plants may be added to a cropping system for the purpose of improving pest control. In a recent article (Parolin P, Bresch C, Brun R, Bout A, Boll R, Desneux N, Poncet C (2012) Secondary plants used in biological control: a review, International Journal of Pest Management 58, 91-100) we defined different categories of secondary plants used to enhance biological control: companion, repellent, barrier, indicator, trap, insectary, and banker plants are intentionally added to agricultural systems in order to improve pest management through either top-down or bottom-up processes. In the present paper, we focus on the functional characteristics of secondary plants and on the mechanisms which contribute to reducing the presence of pests. If we understand and integrate the effects that such plants have on pests and beneficial arthropods, together with the multitrophic interactions in which these organisms are involved, the application of pesticides in crop systems can be reduced and enhanced productivity in agro-ecosystems achieved. Here, we identify the main characteristics of, and the prerequisites for, plants which can enhance crop protection in agro-ecosystems.
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