Evaluation of phytoseiid predators for control of western flower thrips on greenhouse cucumber

BioControl

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 753-768

  Messelink, Gerben J ^a   Van Steenpaal, Sebastiaan E F ^a   Ramakers, Pierre M J ^a  

^a Applied Plant Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Euseius finlandicus; Euseius ovalis; Euseius scutalis; Frankliniella occidentalis; Iphiseius degenerans; Neoseiulus barkeri; Neoseiulus cucumeris; Phytoseiidae; Typhlodromalus limonicus; Typhlodromips swirskii; Typhlodromus pyri

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MITE; THRIPS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EUSEIUS; EUSEIUS FINLANDICUS; EUSEIUS SCUTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; IPHISEIUS DEGENERANS; NEOSEIULUS BARKERI; NEOSEIULUS CUCUMERIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA; TYPHLODROMALUS; TYPHLODROMIPS SWIRSKII; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 33750558120     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9013-9     Document Type: Article

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