Control of Frankliniella occidentalis on glasshouse-grown cucumbers: An efficacy comparison of foliar application of Steinernema feltiae and spraying with abamectin

Russian Journal of Nematology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Trdan, Stanislav ^a   Žnidaračič, Dragan ^a   Vidrih, Matej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cucumbers; Entomopathogenic neinatodes; Greenhouse; Insecticide; Rhabditida; Steinernematidae; Thripidae; Thysanoptera; Western flower thrips

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 34548151837     PISSN: 08696918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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