Vineyards adjacent to woody vegetation such as windbreaks and hedgerows have documented increases in the following beneficial natural enemies and reductions in the following grape pests and …

Sep 19, 2023 · Existing literature suggests that vineyards with adjacent and incorporated trees can reduce arthropod pest damage by increasing the abundance of predaceous insects and bats, which …

Trees and hedgerows improve the habitat conditions for bats and insectivorous birds. It is observed that bats and birds will be more present in agroforestry vineyards, reducing the presence of grapevine …

Mar 15, 2024 · Ecological theory predicts that landscape simplification is likely to increase insect pest outbreaks and limit their control by natural enemies, and this situation could boost insecticide use.

A field experiment was conducted in a Mediterranean vineyard to evaluate ground cover management impacts on predatory insect and potential grapevine pest abundance and diversity, both on the …

Jun 11, 2025 · Katherine Favor, USDA National Agroforestry Center, May 2025 Windbreaks and hedgerows are two types of conservation buffers that can provide benefits to vineyards and the …

Jan 22, 2025 · Since our main objective was to evaluate the effect of hedgerows on bats, we present the results of the hedgerow effect in a separate section. The effects of the other surrounding features are …

This review focuses on the most common agroforestry practices seen in vineyards today: alley cropping and windbreaks/hedgerows.

Apr 17, 2025 · In this blog post, we’ll explore the most common insect pests that threaten vineyards, the damage they cause, and the strategies wineries can use to protect their crops.

Future pest management strategies should be based on a sound set of field data obtained for both pests and antagonists under changed abiotic conditions, which can also build the basis for refining and …