Dissemination of the biocontrol agent Vairimorpha necatrix by the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-114

  Down, Rachel E ^a   Bell, Howard A ^a   Matthews, H June ^a   Kirkbride Smith, Anne E ^a   Edwards, John P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Heteroptera; Lacanobia oleracea; LoGV; Mechanical dissemination; Microsporidia; Pentatomidae; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; VIRAL DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRANULOVIRUS; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; LACANOBIA OLERACEA; LACANOBIA OLERACEA GRANULOVIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROSPORIDIA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; VAIRIMORPHA NECATRIX;

EID: 1142305998     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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