Companion planting to attract pollinators increases the yield and quality of strawberry fruit in gardens and allotments

• Published in: Ecological entomology Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 1025 - 1034
• Main Authors: Griffiths‐Lee, Janine, Nicholls, Elizabeth, Goulson, Dave
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aesthetics; Agricultural production; Allotments; Berries; Borage; Borago officinalis; citizen science; citizen scientists; companion plant; Crop yield; entomology; Flowering; Food waste; Fragaria ananassa; fruit growing; fruit set; Fruits; Gardens & gardening; insect pollination; Insects; markets; Plant reproduction; Planting; Pollination; pollinator; Pollinators; Quality assessment; Researchers; Strawberries; strawberry; waste reduction

1. Global pollinator declines have led to concern that crop yields might fall as a result of a pollination deficit. Companion planting is a traditional practice thought to increase yield of insect pollinated crops by planting a co‐flowering species next to the crop. 2. Using a combination of convent...