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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2013, Vol. 12 Issue (3): 467-473    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60247-6
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Influence of Garlic Intercropping or Active Emitted Volatiles in Releasers on Aphid and Related Beneficial in Wheat Fields in China
 ZHOU Hai-bo, CHEN Ju-lian, LIU Yong, Frédéric Francis, Eric Haubruge, Claude Bragard, SUN Jingrui, CHENG Deng-fa
1.State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
2.Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux 5030, Belgium
3.College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, P.R.China
4.Université catholique de Louvain, Earth & Life Institute, Applied Microbiology-Phytopathology, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium
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摘要  In order to develop biological control of aphids by a “push-pull” approach, intercropping using repellent emitting plants was developed in different crop and associated plant models. Garlic is one of the potential plant that could be inserted in crops to decrease the pest occurrence in neighboring crop plots. In this study, field works were conducted in wheat fields in Langfang Experimental Station, Hebei Province in China from October 2009 to July 2010 during wheat developmental season. The effect of wheat intercropping with garlic but also the volatiles emission on the incidence of the English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae Fabricius (Homoptera: Aphididae) was assessed. Natural beneficial occurrence and global yields in two winter wheat varieties that were susceptible or resistant to cereal aphid were also determined comparing to control plots without the use of garlic plant intercrop nor semiochemical releaser in the fields. S. avenae was found to be lower in garlic oil blend treatment (GOB), diallyl disulfide treatment (DD) and wheat-garlic intercropping treatment (WGI) when compared to the control plots for both two varieties (P<0.01). Both intercropping and application of volatile chemicals emitted by garlic could improve the population densities of natural enemies of cereal aphid, including ladybeetles and mummified aphids. Ladybeetle population density in WGI, GOB and mummified aphids densities in WGI, DD were significantly higher than those in control fields for both two varieties (P<0.05). There were significant interactions between cultivars and treatments to the population densities of S. avenae. The 1 000-grain weight and yield of wheat were also increased compared to the control. Due to their potential alternatives as a biological control agent against cereal aphid, garlic intercropping and related emitted volatiles are expected to contribute to the further improvement of integrated pest management systems and to potentially reduce the amount of traditional synthetic pesticides applied in wheat fields.

Abstract  In order to develop biological control of aphids by a “push-pull” approach, intercropping using repellent emitting plants was developed in different crop and associated plant models. Garlic is one of the potential plant that could be inserted in crops to decrease the pest occurrence in neighboring crop plots. In this study, field works were conducted in wheat fields in Langfang Experimental Station, Hebei Province in China from October 2009 to July 2010 during wheat developmental season. The effect of wheat intercropping with garlic but also the volatiles emission on the incidence of the English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae Fabricius (Homoptera: Aphididae) was assessed. Natural beneficial occurrence and global yields in two winter wheat varieties that were susceptible or resistant to cereal aphid were also determined comparing to control plots without the use of garlic plant intercrop nor semiochemical releaser in the fields. S. avenae was found to be lower in garlic oil blend treatment (GOB), diallyl disulfide treatment (DD) and wheat-garlic intercropping treatment (WGI) when compared to the control plots for both two varieties (P<0.01). Both intercropping and application of volatile chemicals emitted by garlic could improve the population densities of natural enemies of cereal aphid, including ladybeetles and mummified aphids. Ladybeetle population density in WGI, GOB and mummified aphids densities in WGI, DD were significantly higher than those in control fields for both two varieties (P<0.05). There were significant interactions between cultivars and treatments to the population densities of S. avenae. The 1 000-grain weight and yield of wheat were also increased compared to the control. Due to their potential alternatives as a biological control agent against cereal aphid, garlic intercropping and related emitted volatiles are expected to contribute to the further improvement of integrated pest management systems and to potentially reduce the amount of traditional synthetic pesticides applied in wheat fields.
Keywords:  wheat       garlic       intercropping       semiochemical release       Sitobion avenae       natural enemies  
Received: 19 March 2012   Accepted:
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This research was supported by grants from the Cooperation Project between Belgium and China (CUD\PICShandong, 2010DFA32810).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence CHEN Ju-lian, Tel: +86-10-62813685, Fax: +86-10-62895365, E-mail: jlchen1965@126.com; Frédéric Francis, E-mail: frederic.francis@ulg.ac.be   

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ZHOU Hai-bo, CHEN Ju-lian, LIU Yong, Frédéric Francis, Eric Haubruge, Claude Bragard, SUN Jingrui, CHENG Deng-fa. 2013. Influence of Garlic Intercropping or Active Emitted Volatiles in Releasers on Aphid and Related Beneficial in Wheat Fields in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(3): 467-473.

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