Vegetable production is highly susceptible to yield and quality loss due to insect pests leading to increased management intensity. Use of conservation biological control practices such as intercropping offers potential benefits to environmental sustainability while also maintaining economic profitability. This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of intercropping bell pepper (Capsicum annuum ‘King Arthur’) with cut flowers including zinnia (Zinnia elegans ‘Benary’s Giant White’), sunflower (Helianthus annus ‘Soraya’) and dianthus (Dianthus caryophyllus ‘Chabaud Benigna’). Data collected included insect and disease pressure ratings, marketable and unmarketable yield, economic return, and insect population diversity. Pepper yield was positively impacted in treatments including dianthus, while economic return was greatest where bell pepper was intercropped with zinnia.
