Biodiversity is the best defence against corn pests

http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/2973918/biodiversity_is_the_best_defence_against_corn_pests.html
Date Written:  2015-08-14
Publisher:  Ecologist
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17887

Farmers' first line of defence against pests is the ecosystem in and around their fields. With widespread or indiscriminate use of pesticides essential biodiversity is lost - and the result is more frequent and serious infestations, and a decline in food security.

Subject Headings

• Biodiversity
• Corn
• Cropping Systems/Research
• Ecosystems
• Food Security
• Herbicides
• Insects
• Pest Control
• Pesticides
• United States of America