Use of honey bees and bumble bees to disseminate Trichoderma harzianum 1295-22 to strawberries for Botrytis control

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-242

  Kovach, Joseph ^a   Petzoldt, Rixana ^a   Harman, Gary E ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidae; Apis mellifera; Bombus impatiens; Botrytis cinerea; Fragaria; Gray mold; Pollination; Strawberry; Vectoring

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BUMBLE BEE; HONEYBEE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POLLINATION; STRAWBERRY; UNITED STATES;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; IMPATIENS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0033914914     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0839     Document Type: Article

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