INFLUENCE OF CITRUS ORCHARD GROUND COVER PLANTS ON ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES IN CHINA - A REVIEW

Authors
LIANG WG HUANG MD
Citation
Wg. Liang et Md. Huang, INFLUENCE OF CITRUS ORCHARD GROUND COVER PLANTS ON ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES IN CHINA - A REVIEW, Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 50(1), 1994, pp. 29-37
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01678809
Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
29 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8809(1994)50:1<29:IOCOGC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The weed Ageratum conyzoides, as well as other weeds which are benefic ial for natural enemies of the citrus red mite Panonychus citri, has b een planted or conserved as ground cover in an area of 135 000 ha of c itrus orchards in China. Substantial ecological and economic benefits have been achieved. Studies on the effect of ground cover plants on ar thropods in ground cover and in citrus trees are summarized. Ground co ver plants function as supplementary sources of natural enemies of cit rus arthropod pests.