Biological control of the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini, by the predatory mite, Hypoaspis aculeifer, on lilies: Predator-prey dynamics in the soil, under greenhouse and field conditions

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-193

  Lesna, I ^a   Conijn, C G M ^b   Sabelis, M W ^a   Van Straalen, N M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Bulb Research Center   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Field; Glasshouses; Hypoaspis; Lilies; Mites; Ornamental crops; Rhizoglyphus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BULB; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GREENHOUSE; INSECT CONTROL; LILY; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; VERMICULITE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MITE; POPULATION GROWTH;

ACARI; HYPOASPIS; HYPOASPIS ACULEIFER; INSECTA; LILIUM; RHIZOGLYPHUS; RHIZOGLYPHUS ROBINI;

EID: 0034113127     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150029314     Document Type: Article

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