Biocontrol of the shore fly Scatella tenuicosta with Hypoaspis miles and H. aculeifer in peat pots

BioControl

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-152

  Vänninen, Irene ^a   Koskula, Heini ^a  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chlamydomonas sp.; Cyanophyceae; Greenhouse crops; Hypoaspis aculeifer; Hypoaspis miles; Scatella tenuicosta; Shore fly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ACARI; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; EPHYDRIDAE; HYPOASPIS; HYPOASPIS MILES; LAELAPIDAE; MENTHA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; SCATELLA;

EID: 12144290792     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BICO.0000017361.48411.fe     Document Type: Article

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