Intercropping with sunflowers to attract beneficial insects in organic agriculture

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-96

  Jones, Gregory A ^a   Gillett, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial insects; Insect diversity; Intercropping; Organic agriculture; Sunflowers

Indexed keywords

INTERCROPPING;

ALACHUA COUNTY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 18044373458     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0091:IWSTAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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