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Efficacy of lavender, yuyo and sunflower floral stripes for insects pollinating in corn crop margins
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Agroecosystem, Ecosystem service, Biodiversity, Weed flora, Floral resourcesAbstract
Pollinators are experiencing a population reduction worldwide, due to intensive agriculture that causes loss of biodiversity of agroecosystems that degrades habitat and floral resources. A strategy to mitigate this negative impact is to install floral strips on the margins of crops to restore pollinator habitat. Objective: The Identify visiting pollinating insects in lavender, yuyo and sunflower strips and determine which one provides greater protection and conservation of the pollinators. Methods: The research was quantitative experimental. The treatments were: lavender, yuyo and sunflower strip flowers located on the margins of the corn crop, each with five repetitions. The independent variable was flower of the species under study and the dependent variable was the pollinator species.
To compare the results, the analysis of variances and the Tukey test were performed. Results: Were recorded 15 species of pollinators from the orders Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera; 13 species in yuyo flowers, 10 in lavender and 8 species in sunflower. Most species reached their maximum population level between the first and second week of May. Conclusions: An inventory of pollinating insects for the central zone of Peru is presented for the first time. The installation of lavender, yuyo and sunflower strips represented an effective practice that maintained biodiversity and ecosystem services in corn cultivation. The yuyo weed strip provides greater protection and conservation for pollinators.
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