Compatibility of Atheta coriaria with other biological control agents and reduced-risk insecticides used in greenhouse floriculture integrated pest management programs for fungus gnats

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 712-722

  Jandricic, S ^a   Scott Dupree, C D ^a   Broadbent, A B ^b   Harris, C R ^a   Murphy, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECONOMIC PLANNING; EGG PRODUCTION; FLOWER; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LARVA; PATHOGEN; PEST SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT; TOXICITY;

ACARI; ATHETA CORIARIA; BRADYSIA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HYPOASPIS ACULEIFER; INSECTA; LAELAPIDAE; MESOSTIGMATA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; RHABDITIDA; SCIARIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 33845437731     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N05-106     Document Type: Article

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