TY - BOOK AU - Walliser,Jessica TI - Plant partners: science-based companion planting strategies to minimize disease, reduce pests, improve soil fertility, and support pollination in the vegetable garden SN - 1635861330 AV - SB453.6 .W35 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - North Adams, MA PB - Storey Publishing KW - Companion planting KW - Vegetable gardening N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Power of Plant Partnerships: How Does Modern Companion Planting Work? -- Soil Preparation & Conditioning: From Cover Crops to Living Rototillers -- Weed Management: Using Living Mulches and Allelopathy to Combat Weeds -- Support & Structure: Plants That Act as Living Trellises -- Pest Management: Luring, Trapping, Tricking, and Deterring Pest Insects -- Disease Management: Suppressing Disease Through Plant Partnerships and Interplanting -- Biological Control: Plant Partners That Attract and Support Pest-Eating Beneficial Insects -- Pollination: Bringing More Pollinators to the Garden through the Perfect Plant/Pollinator Matches; Also issued in electronic format N2 - "Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for companion planting, offering gardeners dozens of ways they can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit the garden as a whole"-- ER -