Banker plants provide a preemptive means of biological control via improved crop habitat, alternative food and/or alternate host insects to sustain natural enemies.

Jan 20, 2015 · A banker plant provides alternative food source for your beneficial insects and, in some cases, a reproduction site for them. In an ornamental cropping system, there are a few commonly used banker plants: oat and wheat for aphids, ornamental peppers or castor beans for thrips, and mullein for whitefly (Photo 1).

Jan 18, 2024 · The Banker Plant System (BPS) is a self-contained system that uses a non-pest on a non-crop plant to rear beneficial insects to control your greenhouse pests (Jandricic and Frank, 2014; Skinner et al. 2016).

A banker plant is a plant that has a population of reproducing natural enemies on it. This terminology is restrictive and does not allow for the sachets used to produce N. cucumeris or the bucket rearing system used to produce parasitoids and predatorss of measlybugs.

Mar 4, 2011 · Banker plants support the biological control agents with pollen or other plant material, or a host pest that doesn’t affect the primary crop grown. In the last few years, two banker plant techniques related to aphids and thrips have received increased interest from ornamental plant growers.

Banker plants provide a preemptive means of biological control via improved crop habitat, alternative food and/or alternate host insects to sustain natural enemies.

Oct 16, 2015 · What is a banker plant? – A banker plant is a plant that has a population of reproducing natural enemies on it. These are plants that are different to the crop we are growing, and they attract a species of insect similar to the pest we …

May 31, 2022 · A banker plant system supplies a non-pest prey for parasitoids and predators to use as an alternative food source. The plants housing the non-pest prey also provides a home for beneficial insects promoting reproduction; thus, providing the next generation of pest assassins.

Aug 12, 2019 · A banker plant is a non-crop plant that provides alternative food (such as pollen) and/or prey for the rearing and release of biological controls. Banker plants are designed so that natural enemies can reproduce and survive even when pests’ populations are low.

What is the Aphid Banker Plant System, and how does it work? Several species of aphids attack ornamentals, greenhouse grown vegetables and spring bedding plants. Some can be managed effectively with parasitic wasps using an Aphid Banker Plant System.