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List of Trap Crops

List of Trap Crops
Trap crop Main crop Method of planting Pest controlled
Alfalfa Cotton Strip intercrop Lygus bug
Basil & marigold Garlic Border crop Thrips
Castor plant Cotton Border crop Heliotis sp.
Chervil Vegetables, ornamentals Among plants Slugs
Chinese cabbage, mustard & radish Cabbage Planted in every 15 rows of cabbage Cabbage webworm, flea hopper, mustard aphid
Beans & other legumes Corn Row intercrop Leafhopper, leaf beetles, stalk borer, fall armyworm
Chick pea Cotton Block trap crop at  20 plants/ sq m Heliotis sp.
Collards Cabbage Border crop Diamondback moth
Corn Cotton Row intercrop, planted in  every 20 rows of cotton or every 10-15 m Heliotis sp. 
Cowpea Cotton Row intercrop in every 5 rows of cotton Heliotis sp. 
Desmodium Corn, cowpea, millet, sorghum Row intercrop Stemborer, striga
Dill & lovage Tomato Row intercrop Tomato hornworm
Green beans Soybean Row intercrop Mexican bean beetle
Horse radish Potato Intercrop Colorado potato beetle
Hot cherry pepper Bell pepper Border crop Pepper maggot
Indian mustard Cabbage Strip intercrop in  between cabbage plots Cabbage head caterpillar
Marigold Solanaceous, crucifers, legumes, cucurbits Row/strip intercrop Nematodes
Medick Carrot Strip intercrop in between carrot plots Carrot root fly
Napier grass Corn Intercrop, border crop Stemborer
Nasturtium Cabbage Row intercrop Aphids flea beetle, cucumber beetle, squash vine borer
Okra Cotton Border crop Flower cotton weevil
Onion & garlic Carrot Border crops or barrier  crops in between plots Carrot root fly Thrips
Radish Cabbage family Row intercrop Flea beetle, root maggot
Rye Soybean Row intercrop Corn seedling maggot
Sesbania Soybean Row intercrop at a distance of 15 m apart Stink bug
Sickle pod Soybean Strip intercrop Velvet bean caterpillar, green stink bug
Soybean Corn Row intercrop Heliotis sp.  
Sudan grass Corn Intercrop, border crop Stemborer
Sunflower Cotton Row intercrop in every  5 rows of cotton Heliotis sp.  
Tansy Potato Intercrop Colorado potato beetle
Tobacco Cotton Row intercrop, planted in every 20 rows of cotton Heliotis sp.  
Tomato Cabbage Intercrop (tomato is planted  2 weeks ahead at the plots' borders) Diamondback moth
Vetiver grass Corn Perimeter crop Corn stalk borer

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