Botanical pesticides |
Insecticidal compounds in the form of water, oil
or powder extracted from the leaves, seeds, pods, roots, bark, flower,
or fruits, of plants known to have pesticidal properties either from
cultural knowledge or laboratory experiment |
Augmentation/
Introduction
|
Increase the number of parasitoids, predators or entomopathogens by
releasing the natural enemy (introduction, inoculation, inundation) or
by supplying their food resources
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Intercropping |
Simultaneous cultivation of plant species in the same
field for most of their growing period. e.g., cereal and beans or other
food plants |
Push-pull |
Intercropping of maize or other crops with perennial fodder
legumes (e.g., Desmodium spp) to repel (push) pests. A trap crop,
a perennial fodder (Napier or Brachiaria spp.) is planted around
the plot to attract (pull) pests away from the crop |
Field margins |
Strip of land between the crop and the field boundaries
sown with wildflowers and/or legumes, grass only or naturally
regenerated |
Landscape effect |
The effect of distance of cultivated areas to natural
habitat, non-crop habitat and/or landscape complexity on the delivery of
biocontrol |