Enhanced and sustainable control of Myzus persicae by repellent plants in organic pepper and eggplant greenhouses

• Published in: Pest management science Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 428 - 437
• Main Authors: Wang, Jie, Li, Shu, Fang, Yan, Zhang, Fan, Jin, Zhen‐Yu, Desneux, Nicolas, Wang, Su
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.02.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: activity period; Agricultural ecosystems; Agricultural practices; agroecosystem; agroecosystems; Animals; Aphids; Apium graveolens; Beans; Capsicum; Celery; Chemical pest control; Coriandrum sativum; Crops; Crops, Agricultural; eggplants; entire growth periods; Greenhouses; harvest date; Insecticides; Integrated pest management; Life Sciences; Mentha canadensis; Mentha haplocalyx; mint; mung beans; Myzus persicae; pepper; Pest control; Pest Control, Biological; Pesticides; Pests; Population growth; Population levels; repellent plants; Solanum melongena; Sprays; Vegetables; Ventilation; Vigna radiata; repellent plants; entire growth periods; activity period; integrated pest management; agroecosystem

BACKGROUND Repellent plants (RPs), generally used to keep pests away from crops in integrated pest management, have been shown to reduce the need for synthetic insecticide sprays in various agroecosystems. However, few studies have evaluated the pest control efficiency of RPs over the entire growth...