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Table 1 Location, county, coordinates, year(s) of study, plot size, and cover crop plants used for the field experiments, 2011–2013

From: Areawide management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), using selected cover crop plants

Location

County; Coordinates

Year(s)

Plot Size

Covers (seeding rate)

Belle Glade

Palm Beach

N 26.657, W − 80.63

2011

12 rows × 30.5 m

SSG (4 seeds), SH (7), CP (7), fallow (unmanaged)

Citra

Marion

N 29.41, W − 82.173

2012

2013

2018

8 rows × 15.24 m

12 rows × 15.24 m

6 rows × 15.24 m

corn (6), SSG (6), SH (3), CP (4)

corn (3), SSG (9), SH (12), 50:50 mix of SSG and SH (12)

SSG (0.68 kg), SSG (0.34 kg) + SH (0.34 kg), SSG (0.34 kg) + buckwheat (0.91 kg), SSG (0.34 kg) + millet (0.23 kg)

Quincy

Gadsden

N 30.546, W − 84.599

2011

2012

8 rows × 30.5 m

10 rows × 15.24 m

SSG (4), SH (7), cowpea (7), fallow (unmanaged)

corn (1.25), SSG (4), SH (6), CP (6)

  1. All seed rates are number of seeds in 30.5 cm. In 2018, seeding rate is weight of seed per plot. CP: cowpea, SSG: sorghum-sudangrass, SH: sunn hemp