Mites for the control of pests in protected cultivation

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 658-676

  Gerson, Uri ^a   Weintraub, Phyllis G ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acarine biocontrol agents; Biological control; Predatory mites; Protected crops

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; MITE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 34347368552     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1380     Document Type: Review

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