1. Home page
  2. Search

Understorey biodiversity management in olive groves for integrated management of natural enemies

This item is provided by the institution :
Hellenic Entomological Society   

Repository :
Entomologia Hellenica  | ΕΚΤ eJournals   

see the original item page
in the repository's web site and access all digital files if the item*



Understorey biodiversity management in olive groves for integrated management of natural enemies (EN)
Kizos, Athanasios
Sentas, Efstratios
Tscheulin, Thomas
Stavrianakis, Georgios
Stattegger, Sophie Rosa
Tsamakda, Aikaterini
Grumic, Ioannis
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article (EN)
2023-09-10
The management of natural enemies of perennial tree crops and especially insects is usually performed with pesticides, which can negatively impact the quality of products, natural resources, and biodiversity as well as the health of producers and consumers. An emerging trend focuses alternatively on the use of less or no chemicals and the management of crop pests with natural means. This trend is being promoted by the European Union through the new Common Agricultural Policy. Olive cultivation is one of the most important permanent crops in the Mediterranean area. The most important pest in olive groves is the olive fly [Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae)]. In this study we investigate the relationship between the fly population and plant and insect diversity in the understorey of 15 fields on Lesvos Island during 2021 and 2022. The results suggest that maintaining the plant cover undisturbed significantly improves the biodiversity of the olive groves and by extension the ecosystem services, such as pollination, pest control and soil health. (EN)
Mediterranean (EN)
beetle (EN)
Bee colony (EN)
soil arthropods (EN)
olive agroecosystem (EN)
pest control (EN)
Entomologia Hellenica
English
Hellenic Entomological Society (EN)
2459-3885
0254-5381
ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA; Τόμ. 32 Αρ. 3 (2023): Special Issue: 19th Panhellenic Entomological Conference Proceedings, 23-27 May 2022, Agrinio, Greece; 17-24 (EL)
ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA; Vol. 32 No. 3 (2023): Special Issue: 19th Panhellenic Entomological Conference Proceedings, 23-27 May 2022, Agrinio, Greece; 17-24 (EN)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Copyright (c) 2023 Georgios Stavrianakis, Sophie Rosa Stattegger, Efstratios Sentas, Aikaterini Tsamakda, Ioannis Grumic, Thomas Tscheulin, Athanasios Kizos (EN)
Hellenic Entomological Society
Entomologia Hellenica
Articles



*Institutions are responsible for keeping their URLs functional (digital file, item page in repository site)