Field trials show flowers help beat vegetable pests

May 12 2020 - 5:00pm
IN FIELD: Charles Sturt Professor Geoff Gurr and post doctoral researcher, Dr Syed Rizvi, are looking at positives of planting flowers within vegetable crops to attract beneficial insects.
IN FIELD: Charles Sturt Professor Geoff Gurr and post doctoral researcher, Dr Syed Rizvi, are looking at positives of planting flowers within vegetable crops to attract beneficial insects.

COMPANION planting of flowers near vegetable crops is nothing new but a researcher is aiming to more fully document the benefits on a commercial level.

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