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Peppermint intercropping for pest management Gowton, Chelsea Megan; Cabras-Arias, César; Carrillo, Juli

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We established a field intercropping experiment at UBC Farm in 2017. The goal of this experiment was to evaluate the effectiveness of peppermint plants compared to traditional ryegrass/clover mixes in reducing Drosophila suzukii oviposition in the field, and the effect of peppermint intercrops on other invertebrates. In the field, we monitored sentinel fruit baits weekly for D. suzukii infestation. Additionally, we monitored intercropping effects on the invertebrate community through weekly pitfall trap collection. We then sorted insects caught in pitfall traps and identified to order level and categorized insects caught according to functional group: predator, herbivore, or detritivore.

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Title	Peppermint intercropping for pest management
Creator	Gowton, Chelsea Megan; Cabras-Arias, César; Carrillo, Juli
Contributor	Summers, Oliver
Date Issued	2021-09-27
Description	We established a field intercropping experiment at UBC Farm in 2017. The goal of this experiment was to evaluate the effectiveness of peppermint plants compared to traditional ryegrass/clover mixes in reducing Drosophila suzukii oviposition in the field, and the effect of peppermint intercrops on other invertebrates. In the field, we monitored sentinel fruit baits weekly for D. suzukii infestation. Additionally, we monitored intercropping effects on the invertebrate community through weekly pitfall trap collection. We then sorted insects caught in pitfall traps and identified to order level and categorized insects caught according to functional group: predator, herbivore, or detritivore.
Subject	Agricultural Sciences; Spotted wing drosophila; biological control; intercropping; agroecosystem; organic; pest management; insect abundance
Type	Dataset
Date Available	2021-08-09
Provider	University of British Columbia Library
License	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
DOI	10.14288/1.0402342
URI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/HMH80N
Publisher DOI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/HMH80N
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Aggregated Source Repository	Dataverse

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