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Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control (Summary)
Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control (Summary)
This
publication contains information about increasing and managing
biodiversity on a farm to favor beneficial organisms, with emphasis
on beneficial insects. The types of information farmscapers need
to consider is outlined and emphasized. Appendices have information
about various types and examples of successful "farmscaping"
(manipulations of the agricultural ecosystem), plants that attract
beneficials, pests and their predators, seed blends to attract
beneficial insects, examples of farmscaping, hedgerow establishment
and maintenance budgets, and a sample flowering period table.
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Last Updated December 28, 2007
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