Search Results - "Hooks, C.R.R"
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Can using a strip-tilled cover cropping system followed by surface mulch practice enhance organisms higher up in the soil food web hierarchy?
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-09-2011)“…• Strip-till cover cropping and organic mulch enrich soil nutrient throughout a crop. • Sunn hemp and marigold in STCC + SM system suppressed plant-parasitic…”
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Effect of banana bunchy top virus infection on morphology and growth characteristics of banana
Published in Annals of applied biology (01-08-2008)“…Field experiments were conducted in Oahu, Hawaii, to investigate the effects of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) infection on growth and morphology of banana…”
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Comparative Susceptibility of Two Banana Cultivars to Banana Bunchy Top Virus Under Laboratory and Field Environments
Published in Journal of economic entomology (01-06-2009)“…Field and laboratory experiments were carried out on the island of Oahu, HI, to compare the susceptibility of the two most commonly grown banana (Musa sp.)…”
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Sunn hemp cover cropping and solarization as alternatives to soil fumigants for pineapple production
Published in Acta horticulturae (01-01-2011)“…A field trial was conducted to compare the impacts of preplant treatments of 1) sunn hemp (SH) planted for 4 months, 2) solarization (Sol) for 2 months, 3) SH…”
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Influence of strip-tillage and winter cover crops on weeds and yield in organic pepper
Published in Crop protection (01-08-2024)“…Increasing vegetation diversity within crop fields through cover cropping has been advocated as an additional tool for managing weeds. As such, field…”
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Effects of spider presence on Artogeia rapae and host plant biomass
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (2006)“…Manipulated field experiments were conducted during two seasons to evaluate the impact of spiders on the survivorship of the cabbage white butterfly, Artogeia…”
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Incidence of pests and arthropod natural enemies in zucchini grown with living mulches
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-07-1998)“…The use of living mulches to reduce the density of silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii Bellows and Perring, and melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, and…”
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Using undersown clovers as living mulches: effects on yields, lepidopterous pest infestations, and spider densities in a Hawaiian broccoli agroecosystem
Published in International journal of pest management (01-04-2004)“…A field study was conducted to examine the influence of undersowing broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) with living mulches (cover crops grown…”
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