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Title Early season plant cover supports more effective pest control than insecticide applications
Author Elizabeth K. Rowen, Kirsten A. Pearsons, Richard G. Smith, Kyle Wickings, John F. Tooker
Date 2022-03-27
Description The use of cover crops and other conservation-agriculture practices can help reduce erosion and nutrient loss, enhance soil health, and improve pest management, noted study co-author John Tooker, professor of entomology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Although the adoption of such methods has increased, he said, the use of pesticides continues to grow in the United States and globally, potentially killing nontarget, beneficial species and reversing pest-management gains from the use of conservation-agriculture tactics.
Keywords biological control, corn, cover crops, IPM, Neonicotinoids, Pyrethroids, soy
URL https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eap.2598
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