Plant that attracts agricultural pests away from nearby crops
A trap crop is a plant that attracts agricultural pests, usually insects, away from nearby target crops. This form of companion planting can save a target crop from decimation by pests without the use of artificial pesticides. A trap crop is used for attracting the insect and pests away from a target crop field. Many trap crops have successfully diverted pests from focal crops in small scale greenhouse, garden and field experiments;[1] a small portion of these plants have been shown to reduce pest damage at larger commercial scales.[1][2] A common explanation for reported trap cropping failures, is that attractive trap plants only protect nearby plants if the insects do not move back into the target crop. In a review of 100 trap cropping examples in 2006, only 10 trap crops were classified as successful at a commercial scale,[2] and in all successful cases, trap cropping was supplemented with management practices that specifically limited insect dispersal from the trap crop back into the target crop.[2]
^ abShelton, A.M.; Badenes-Perez, F.R. (2005-12-06). "Concepts and applications of trap cropping in pest management". Annual Review of Entomology. 51 (1): 285–308. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.150959. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 16332213.
^ abcHolden, Matthew H.; Ellner, Stephen P.; Lee, Doo-Hyung; Nyrop, Jan P.; Sanderson, John P. (2012-06-01). "Designing an effective trap cropping strategy: the effects of attraction, retention and plant spatial distribution". Journal of Applied Ecology. 49 (3): 715–722. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02137.x. ISSN 1365-2664.
A trapcrop is a plant that attracts agricultural pests, usually insects, away from nearby target crops. This form of companion planting can save a target...
favorable habitat. Trapcrop areas can be established within crops, within farms, or within landscapes. In many cases, the trapcrop is grown during the...
much as 95%. A trapcrop is a crop of a plant that attracts pests, diverting them from nearby crops. Pests aggregated on the trapcrop can be more easily...
100 trapcropping examples in 2006, only 10 trapcrops were classified as successful at a commercial scale, and in all successful cases, trapcropping was...
other crops as a source of trapcrops. Squashes can act as trapcrops for the silverleaf whitefly due to the flies’ attraction to these crops. Silverleaf...
attracting pests away from a target crop to a sacrificial trapcrop; or by masking the odour of a crop, using aromatic companions that release volatile compounds...
pests will be least problematic, and use of trapcrops that attract pests away from the real crop. Trapcrops have successfully controlled pests in some...
companions to hide crops from pests; providing plants as nurseries for beneficial insects including predators and parasitoids; trapcropping; and allelopathy...
going on to the intended victim. Sometimes, they actively prefer the trapcrop. The use of certain weeds integrated around native or otherwise intended...
after hatching, this kind of insect control has been named "dead-end trapcropping". Native to Eurasia and North Africa, it is naturalised in many parts...
cherries and a little bit like a tomato. This plant has been used as a trapcrop to protect potatoes from potato cyst nematode. The stems and leaves contain...
ground cover, especially in nitrogenous soils. Trapcrops draw potential pests away from the actual crop intended for cultivation. Cowpea—attracts ladybird...
squash bugs, and ants. They can also function as a trapcrop, luring insect pests away from the main crop. Cucumbers and radishes seem to thrive when grown...
it a useful trapcrop as a companion plant. Growing near other plants, it attracts leaf miners which might otherwise have attacked the crop to be protected...
populations, and in small garden plots handpicking, the use of trapcrops, and bug traps baited with methyl (E, Z)-2,4-decadienoate can be effective controls...
with integrated pest management techniques including deep ploughing, trapcrops, chemical control using mineral oil, and biological controls. The species...
Steinernema carpocapsae (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) in Corn Used as a TrapCrop". Environmental Entomology. 21 (6): 1441–1447. doi:10.1093/ee/21.6.1441...
management", Weed Management for Developing Countries, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, p. 166 Cover cropTrapcrop Catch crop...
plants for biological pest control, repelling some pests, acting as a trapcrop for others and attracting predatory insects. While companion planting...
moth. Because of this, studies have suggested using wintercress as a trapcrop around agricultural fields because diamondback moths are highly attracted...
farmers in developing nations of Africa and Asia. Another method called trapcropping involves planting a species in an infested field that will induce the...
plants, such as chili pepper, as a sacrificial trapcrop. Four years should separate successive crops of eggplants to reduce pest pressure.[citation needed]...
enough to protect the plant from early generations. Delayed planting or a trapcrop can reduce the likelihood of significant populations. McNamara J., 1991...
certain herbivorous insects away from the cereal, while a more preferable trapcrop (e.g. some Brachiaria grasses) is simultaneously planted around the perimeter...
Radishes, on the other hand, can be grown as a trapcrop, luring the flea beetles away from more important crops. Since the root isn't harmed by the beetles...
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