Targeted dispersal of the aphid pathogenic fungus Erynia neoaphidis by the aphid predator Coccinella septempunctata

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-110

  Roy, H E ^a   Pell, J K ^b   Alderson, P G ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IACR Rothamsted ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Coccinella septempunctata; Dispersal; Erynia neoaphidis; Sitobion avenae; Vector

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONIDIUM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGAL INFECTION; FUNGUS SPORE; INOCULATION; INSECT CONTROL; LARVAL STAGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

APHID; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; FUNGAL DISEASE; PREDATOR;

EID: 0035038444     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150020029781     Document Type: Article

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