Biological control of Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae) and Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) vectored Beauveria bassiana in greenhouse sweet pepper

Biological Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-97

  Al Mazra'Awi, Mohammad S ^a   Shipp, Les ^b   Broadbent, Bruce ^b   Kevan, Peter ^c  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Bee vectoring; Bombus impatiens; Dispensers; Frankliniella occidentalis; Lygus lineolaris; Pollination

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; MIRIDAE; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 33644771280     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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