Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden
We examined whether interplanting vegetable and ornamental flowering plants reduces herbivory and enhances photosynthetic rate, plant growth, natural enemy abundance, and pollinator visitation relative to monoculture plantings. We found no evidence of physiological or growth costs due to growth in p...
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doaj-c36a1eec77aa4c4998ac7d1312c3c9612020-11-25T00:08:45ZengOklahoma Native Plant SocietyOklahoma Native Plant Record1536-77381536-77382015-12-01151314810.22488/okstate.17.100113Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home GardenChrisdon B. Bonner0Eric J. Rebek1Janet C. Cole2Brian A. Kahn3Janette A. Steets4Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma State UniversityOklahoma State UniversityOklahoma State UniversityOklahoma State UniversityWe examined whether interplanting vegetable and ornamental flowering plants reduces herbivory and enhances photosynthetic rate, plant growth, natural enemy abundance, and pollinator visitation relative to monoculture plantings. We found no evidence of physiological or growth costs due to growth in polyculture. Herbivore damage to plants did not differ with planting regime. Natural enemies occurred in greater abundance in polycultures compared to monocultures. Pollinator diversity was enhanced in some polyculture plots. We suggest that interplanting vegetable and flowering ornamental plants at small spatial scales may improve plant health and reproduction through natural pest control and a diversified pollinator pool. http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/ONPR/article/view/6280/5774cowpeaherbivorynative ornamentalsnatural enemiespollinatorspolyculturetomato |
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Chrisdon B. Bonner Eric J. Rebek Janet C. Cole Brian A. Kahn Janette A. Steets Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden Oklahoma Native Plant Record cowpea herbivory native ornamentals natural enemies pollinators polyculture tomato |
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Chrisdon B. Bonner Eric J. Rebek Janet C. Cole Brian A. Kahn Janette A. Steets |
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Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden |
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Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden |
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Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden |
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Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden |
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Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden |
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interplanting floral resource plants with vegetable plants enhances beneficial arthropod abundance in a home garden |
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Oklahoma Native Plant Society |
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Oklahoma Native Plant Record |
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We examined whether interplanting vegetable and ornamental flowering plants reduces herbivory and enhances photosynthetic rate, plant growth, natural enemy abundance, and pollinator visitation relative to monoculture plantings. We found no evidence of physiological or growth costs due to growth in polyculture. Herbivore damage to plants did not differ with planting regime. Natural enemies occurred in greater abundance in polycultures compared to monocultures. Pollinator diversity was enhanced in some polyculture plots. We suggest that interplanting vegetable and flowering ornamental plants at small spatial scales may improve plant health and reproduction through natural pest control and a diversified pollinator pool.
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cowpea herbivory native ornamentals natural enemies pollinators polyculture tomato |
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