Sown Wildflowers Enhance Habitats of Pollinators and Beneficial Arthropods in a Tomato Field Margin

Sown Wildflowers Enhance Habitats of Pollinators and Beneficial Arthropods in a Tomato Field Margin

We evaluated the capacity of selected plants, sown along a processing tomato field margin in central Greece and natural vegetation, to attract beneficial and Hymenoptera pollinating insects and questioned whether they can distract pollinators from crop flowers. Measurements of flower cover and attra...

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Main Authors: Vaya Kati, Filitsa Karamaouna, Leonidas Economou, Photini V. Mylona, Maria Samara, Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Myrto Barda, Mike Edwards, Sofia Liberopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
field margin
flowering plants
Hymenoptera pollinators
beneficial arthropods
crop pollination
processing tomato
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/5/1003

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