Intercropping Okra and Castor Bean Reduces Recruitment of Oriental Fruit Moth, Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in a Pear Orchard
Intercrops can lower pest densities by increasing plant diversity, altering chemical communication in the arthropod community, and integrating well with other IPM tactics.We used two years of field observations and Y-tube olfactometer assays to explore the effects of intercropping a pear orchard Nails with okra and castor bean on the cosmopolitan f