Abstract
A living mulch combines an annual crop with a cover crop to provide pest control and soil protection. Results of a study in the Salinas Valley show cabbage aphid infestation can be lowered on broccoli grown in living mulches compared to clean cultivation, possibly because light reflectance patterns are less attractive to incoming aphids. Early and intense mowing of the cover crop and adequate irrigation maintained broccoli yield in living mulches relative to clean cultivation. Lack of specialized equipment is the main limitation to the commercial application of living mulches at this time.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Living mulches lowered cabbage aphid infestation on broccoli relative to clean cultivation in Salinas Valley.
- Taxon
- broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae0 - Treatment
- living mulchese0
- Interactor
- cabbage aphid
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Brevicoryne brassicaee0pest - Outcome
- cabbage aphid infestatione0
- Direction
- lowerede0
- Comparator
- clean cultivatione0
- Setting
- Salinas Valleye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Results of a study in the Salinas Valley show cabbage aphid infestation can be lowered on broccoli grown in living mulches compared to clean cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
Less attractive light reflectance patterns may explain reduced incoming aphids in living mulches.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae1
- Interactor
- aphidsAphidomorphae0pest
- Outcome
- less attractive to incoming aphidse0
- Qualifier
- light reflectance patternse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“possibly because light reflectance patterns are less attractive to incoming aphids”
e1“broccoli grown in living mulches”
Claim · model-written summary
Early intense mowing and adequate irrigation maintained broccoli yield in living mulches relative to clean cultivation.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Treatment
- Early and intense mowing of the cover crop and adequate irrigatione0
- Outcome
- broccoli yielde0
- Direction
- maintainede0
- Comparator
- clean cultivatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Early and intense mowing of the cover crop and adequate irrigation maintained broccoli yield in living mulches relative to clean cultivation.”
Claim · model-written summary
Lack of specialized equipment is the main limitation to commercial living mulch application.
- Outcome
- main limitation to the commercial application of living mulchese0
- Qualifier
- Lack of specialized equipmente0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Lack of specialized equipment is the main limitation to the commercial application of living mulches at this time.”
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