USING A LIVING MULCH AND WOLF SPIDERS TO MANAGE PEST ARTHROPODS IN CUCUMBER

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dc.contributor.advisorHooks, Cerrutien_US
dc.contributor.authorKahl, Hanna Mariaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEntomologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T06:45:29Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T06:45:29Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractPest management practices that conserve beneficial organisms and improve yield are needed. This research aims to determine how: 1) red clover living mulch impacts insect herbivores, arthropod natural enemies, and cucumber quality and yield, and 2) wolf spiders influence cucumber beetles and cucumber plant attributes. Herbivore and natural enemy abundances on cucumber plants in plots with and without interplanted red clover (RC) were compared using foliage searches and sticky cards. Effects of spiders on cucumber beetle behavior, densities, and mortality was assessed in cages with and without a wolf spider and/or their cues. RC plots had fewer striped cucumber beetles and aphids, and more big-eyed bugs and minute pirate bugs. Spotted cucumber beetle densities were reduced and striped cucumber beetle mortality was higher in cages with than without spiders. These studies demonstrated that red clover living mulch and wolf spiders can be used to decrease pest arthropods in cucumber.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M25717Q28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20394
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEntomologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAgricultureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEcologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledassociational resistanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcucumber beetleen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledliving mulchen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednatural enemiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledred cloveren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwolf spideren_US
dc.titleUSING A LIVING MULCH AND WOLF SPIDERS TO MANAGE PEST ARTHROPODS IN CUCUMBERen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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