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Sustainability is at the heart of what we do at RHS Wisley, and in a changing climate our horticultural challenges are changing too. We are striving to better understand the life-cycles, impacts and management of garden pests in a climate friendly way, without the use of synthetic sprays. Biological control and the use of companion planting is playing a crucial role in the future of pest management in a changing horticultural world.
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Insects have a significant impact, both positive and negative, on local plant environments. Our aim is to find more effective and eco-friendly ways to reduce the negative impacts, and increase the positive impacts.
Researchers at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Lancaster University need your help to find insects in alyssum plants. The alyssum you will look at is a part of the gladioli plant's companion trial located at RHS Wisley. Companion planting is where two different plant species are grown together to benefit each other.
Finding these insects will help researchers understand how effective companion planting alysum with gladioli is as a method of pest control for the gladioli. Your contribution will also help develop a machine learning algorithim that can automatically detect pests in alyssum plants.