Influence of soil fauna on fungal plant pathogens in agricultural and horticultural systems

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 641-658

  Friberg, Hanna ^a   Lagerlöf, Jan ^a   Rämert, Birgitta ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acari; Biological control; Collembola; Dispersal; Earthworms; Enchytraeidae; Feeding ecology; Lumbricidae; Nematoda; Protozoa; Soil food webs; Soil borne plant pathogens

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL OR COMMERCIAL ORGANISM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PATHOGEN; SOIL FAUNA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLEMBOLA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; LUMBRICIDAE; NEMATODA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 27544443675     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150500086979     Document Type: Review

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