Selecting hyperparasites for biocontrol of Dutch elm disease

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1418, 1999, Pages 437-445

  Swinton, J ^a,b   Gilligan, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dutch elm disease; Hyperparasite; Stochastic model; Transmissible hypovirulence

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; SUPERPARASITISM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FUNGI; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; OPHIOSTOMA ULMI; ULMUS;

EID: 0033531463     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0657     Document Type: Article

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