Effects of Mechanical Weed Control in Spring Cereals – Flora, Fauna and Economy

Appendix D. Data for estimating the vegetation effect on densities of polyphagous arthropod predators in spring wheat. All data presented are plot averages collected in late May and early June in plots receiving a maximum of two weed harrowings. Arthropods = the polyphagous predator complex Agomum spp., Bembidion spp., Linyphiidae and Tachyporus spp.

Year Farm Arthropods Distance Crop Weed
    No. / m² Loge m to perenn. veg. g / m² g / m²
2004 Asnæsgård 9.2   5.1 151.2   7.6  
  Viskingegård 10.5   4.3 292.7   8.9  
  Vibygård SØ 18.1   4.8 339.0   30.5  
  Vibygård NV 21.0   4.4 300.4   11.1  
  Oremandsgård 8.1   4.7 174.5   10.1  
  Gl. Oremangsgård 21.8   3.8 117.0   55.9  
2005 Asnæsgård 5.9   4.0 305.4   2.8  
  Viskingegård 19.1   4.5 373.6   10.8  
  Vibygård SØ 10.4   4.8 421.1   16.3  
  Vibygård NV 17.2   4.6 119.5   23.4  
  Oremandsgård 27.0   3.7 348.0   24.1  
  Gl. Oremangsgård 22.7   3.7 56.9   29.7  

 



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