This study tested whether increasing crop genetic diversity benefited farmland biodiversity in
bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) fields, using an experimental approach in which arthropod
and wild plant diversity were compared in a genetically homogeneous wheat variety vs. a
variety mixture. The diversity of wild plant species was not affected by crop genetic diversity.
However, we showed for the first time a positive impact of crop genetic diversity on below
(collembola) and aboveground arthropod (spiders and predatory carabids) diversity at field …

… we showed for the first time a positive impact of crop genetic diversity on below (Collembolla)
9 … The present study assessed the relationship between in-field crop genetic diversity and
the 18 species diversity of several taxonomic groups (springtails, ground-dwelling
macroarthropods and 19 …