Improving the control of Tetranychus urticae on edible glasshouse crops using a specialist coccinellid (Stethorus punctillum Weise) and a generalist mite (Amblyseius californicus McGregor) as biocontrol agents

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 487-498

  Rott, A S ^a   Ponsonby, D J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyseius californcus; Biological control; Feltiella acarisuga; Phytoseiulus persimilis; Predatory activity; Stethorus punctillum; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

AUBERGINE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; CUCUMBER; ENVIRONMENT; GLASSHOUSE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMIDITY; PEPPER; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PREDATION; SEASONALITY; TOMATO;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; NATURAL ENEMY; PREDATION;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS CALIFORNICUS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; STETHORUS PUNCTILLUM; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 0033846829     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150050115070     Document Type: Article

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