Intercropping Cover Crops for a Vital Ecosystem Service: A Review of the Biocontrol of Insect Pests in Tea Agroecosystems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Cover Cropping in Tea Agroecosystems
3. Biological Control: An Effective Ecosystem Service of Cover Crops
3.1. Biological Control and the Increased Diversity of Natural Enemies
3.1.1. Ladybird Beetles
3.1.2. Spiders
3.1.3. Mites
3.1.4. Lacewings
3.1.5. Parasitoids
4. Cover Crops, Tea Yield, and Biological Control
5. Conclusions and Further Recommendations
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Cover Crops | Intercrops | Ecosystem Services | Cited References |
---|---|---|---|
| |||
Buckwheat [Fagopyrum esculentum Moench] | Potato, soybean, sunn hemp, coffee, squash, cotton |
| [28,29,30,31,32] |
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor L. Moench] | Maize, pearl millet, castor, pigeon pea, cowpea, cluster bean, tea |
| [33,34,35] |
| |||
Guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.] | Pearl millet, sesame, green gram, sorghum, maize |
| [36,37,38] |
Cowpea [Vigna spp. L.] | Maize, sorghum, cotton, forage legumes, tea |
| [39,40,41,42,43] |
Tephrosia [Tephrosia vogelii Hook F.] | Coffee, tea, rubber, coconut, maize, cassava, oil-palm, citrus |
| [44,45] |
Hairy-indigo [Indigofera hirsuta L.] | Rubber, tea, coffee, citrus, sunn hemp |
| [46,47] |
Sunn hemp [Crotolaria juncea L.] | Buckwheat, coffee |
| [26,48] |
| |||
Lavender [Lavandula spp.] | Tea |
| [49,50] |
Marigold [Tagetes erecta L.] | Flemingia, tea |
| [51] |
Semen cassiae [Cassia tora L.] | Tea, mint, Chinese motherwort |
| [52] |
|
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Pokharel, S.S.; Yu, H.; Fang, W.; Parajulee, M.N.; Chen, F. Intercropping Cover Crops for a Vital Ecosystem Service: A Review of the Biocontrol of Insect Pests in Tea Agroecosystems. Plants 2023, 12, 2361. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12122361
Pokharel SS, Yu H, Fang W, Parajulee MN, Chen F. Intercropping Cover Crops for a Vital Ecosystem Service: A Review of the Biocontrol of Insect Pests in Tea Agroecosystems. Plants. 2023; 12(12):2361. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12122361
Chicago/Turabian StylePokharel, Sabin Saurav, Han Yu, Wanping Fang, Megha N. Parajulee, and Fajun Chen. 2023. "Intercropping Cover Crops for a Vital Ecosystem Service: A Review of the Biocontrol of Insect Pests in Tea Agroecosystems" Plants 12, no. 12: 2361. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12122361