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Cover cropping reduces the abundance of the banana weevil #Cosmopolites sordidus# but does not reduce its damage

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Carval D., Resmond R., Achard R., Tixier P.
2016

Diversification of cropping systems raises new questions in the functioning of arthropod communities and biological control of pests. In banana cropping systems, the addition of a cover crop can increase biodiversity in general and the diversity and abundance of arthropod generalist predators in particular. We measured the abundance of a major pest of bananas, the banana weevil Cosmopolites ...

Ravageurs des plantes; Systèmes et modes de culture

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