Claim · model-written summary
Aromatic intercropping reduced aphid abundance in apple orchards.
- Taxon
- apple trees
Malus domesticae0 - Treatment
- aromatic plantse0
- Interactor
- A. citricola
Aphis fabaee0pest - Outcome
- number of A. citricola aphidse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Setting
- orcharde0
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Verbatim
e0“intercropping apple trees Malus spp. (Rosaceae) with aromatic plants in an orchard significantly reduced the number of A. citricola aphids present”
Title
Beizhou Song; Yinping Liang; Sizhou Liu; et al. Florida Entomologist 2017. doi:10.1653/024.100.0202
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- Intervention effect Aromatic intercropping increased lady beetle abundance.
- Association French marigold strengthened association between lady beetle and aphid counts.
- Observation French marigold repelled aphids.
- Observation Catnip repelled aphids.
- Observation French marigold most attracted lady beetles.
- Observation Dlimonene and terpinolene were abundant volatiles of marigold and catnip.
- Observation 2-ethyl-1-hexanol was among the most abundant volatiles of marigold and catnip.
- Intervention effect D-limonene at 12.5 L/L significantly attracted lady beetles.
- Intervention effect Terpinolene at 50 L/L significantly attracted lady beetles.
- Intervention effect A 25 L/L mixture significantly attracted lady beetles.
- Intervention effect Higher D-limonene concentrations repelled lady beetles.
- Mechanism Authors suggest aromatic plants increase apple resistance to aphids through repulsion and lady beetle attraction.