10863: Wireworm Control using Fodder Rape and Mustard – evaluating the use of brassica green manures for the control of wireworm (Agriotes spp.) in organic crops
(2002) Wireworm Control using Fodder Rape and Mustard – evaluating the use of brassica green manures for the control of wireworm (Agriotes spp.) in organic crops. Report, ADAS Pwllpeiran.
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Summary
In a field experiment at ADAS Pwllpeiran in 2001, brassica green manures were grown for 6 weeks and dug in before planting King Edward potatoes, to see if they suppressed wireworm in the crop. There was a trend for potatoes grown after mustard to suffer less damage from both wireworms and slugs than potatoes grown after fodder rape or no green manure, but the differences were not significant. Further trials, with longer green manuring periods, are needed to establish if there is a benefit, and whether the breakdown products of brassica green manures are toxic to wireworms.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | wireworm; mustard; Brassica nigra; Sinapis alba; fodder rape; potatoes; pest control |
| Subject Areas: | Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection Crop husbandry > Production systems > Root crops |
| Research affiliation: | UK > ADAS |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 10863 |
| Contact: | OCW, |
| Deposited On: | 19 June 2007 |
| EPrint Type: | Report |
| Published?: | Published |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
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