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Undersowing and Intercropping for Pest Regulation in Vegetable Crops (IPReg)
Project
Project code: 2821BIJP01
Contract period: 01.05.2022
- 31.12.2023
Budget: 9,800 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: agricultural biodiversity, biological diversity, biological plant protection, horticulture, vegetable production, crop production, animal pathogens, catch crop
Horticultural crops can be severely affected by different herbivorous insect species. Although growing methods and current crop protection practice are different in vegetable production in Germany and Japan, the demand for alternative pest regulation strategies is equally relevant in both countries. Adding secondary plants to the main vegetable crop in form of undersowing or intercropping that is adapted to a specific cultivation system can reduce immigration, dispersal and population growth of pest insects and can promote natural enemies. The project aims to develop and connect ideas of environmental-friendly pest regulation strategies in cabbage and Allium crop (onion, leek) production. These approaches arise from results of former joint trials in an existing collaborative project and the exchange of experience between the NARO institute in Japan and the Julius Kühn Institute in Germany. Focus points are understanding of pest suppression mechanisms of undersowing and intercropping with flowering plants as well as the cross-national comparison of those mechanisms between Germany and Japan.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Vegetable Gardening
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
