Trap crops
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006502
A plant that in interspersed in a crop or planted near a crop as a decoy for the purpose of attracting harmful insects away from the crop, providing a pesticide free solution.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-006502 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Plant Production, Gardening |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Crops; Biological control agents; Pesticides |
| Translations | Spanish: cultivos trampa |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-006502",
"term": "Trap crops",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A plant that in interspersed in a crop or planted near a crop as a decoy for the purpose of attracting harmful insects away from the crop, providing a pesticide free solution.",
"subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
"see_also": [
"crops",
"biological control agents",
"pesticides"
],
"references": [
"US Environmental Protection Agency",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "cultivos trampa"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/trap-crops/"
}
Record 6,398 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.