creators_name: Caballero, Berta
creators_name: Romero, Albert
creators_name: Perez, Nicolas
creators_name: Ventura, Daniel
creators_name: Chamorro, Lourdes
creators_name: Goula, Marta
creators_name: Sans, F.Xavier
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-05-09
lastmod: 2009-09-09 13:39:53
metadata_visibility: show
title: The role of intercropping on insects diversity in dryland field crops in a Mediterranean site


ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
full_text_status: public
abstract: This work aims to evaluate the effect of crop type and density on insects’ community in the Mediterranean re-gion. In winter of 2004, four 35m x 10m blocks (replicates) were delimited and 24 equidistant 2m x 3m plots were marked. Seven crop types (barley, vetch, turnip, barley-vetch, barley-turnip, vetch-turnip and barley-vetch-turnip) at three densities were randomly established within each block. Fifteen crop shoots per plot were randomly collected in May to evaluate insect’s abundance and diversity. Our results suggest that inter-crop has a positive effect on abundance of most exam-ined groups of insects and diversity, specifically when vetch is incorporated in the mixture. Changes in abun-dance of aphids, trips and ants are also discussed connected with vetch presence. 
date: 2006
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Caballero, Berta; Romero, Albert; Perez, Nicolas; Ventura, Daniel; Chamorro, Lourdes; Goula, Marta and Sans, F.Xavier (2006) The role of intercropping on insects diversity in dryland field crops in a Mediterranean site. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/7509/1/caballero.pdf