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Research Project: Enhancing Insect Ecosystem Services that Benefit Modern Cropping Systems

Location: Integrated Cropping Systems Research

Title: Data from: Tillage reduces ant activity and predation of pest insects in corn and soybean

Author
item Roeder, Karl

Submitted to: Ag Data Commons
Publication Type: Database / Dataset
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/14/2025
Publication Date: 4/14/2025
Citation: Roeder, K.A. 2025. Data from: Tillage reduces ant activity and predation of pest insects in corn and soybean. Ag Data Commons. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/28454771.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/28454771

Interpretive Summary: Two data files containing information on ant activity and predation of pest insects in till and no-till corn and soybean at the Eastern South Dakota Soil and Water Research Farm in Brookings, SD.

Technical Abstract: Two .csv files: Metadata and Master Data. The Metadata describes column variables for the Master Data file that contains all of the information used in the analyses. This project encompasses two years of work (12 weeks per year) where ants were sampled along 8 transects of corn with tillage, 8 transects of corn without tillage, 8 transects of soybeans with tillage, and 8 transects of soybeans without tillage. Sentinel prey stations were deployed for 48hrs after ant sampling and contained ~60 corn earworm eggs to provide a quantitative assessment of pest predation by beneficial ants.