Cereal Straw Mulching in Strawberry—A Facilitator of Plant Visits by Edaphic Predatory Mites at Night?
In Norway, strawberry producers use cereal straw mulching to prevent berries from contacting the soil and to control weeds. We hypothesized that organic matter such as straw mulch also favors the maintenance of predatory mites which visit strawberry plants at nighttime. We compared mite diversity in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Diversity |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/6/242 |