Combined effects of the entomopathogenic fungus, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus Apopka-97, and the generalist predator, Dicyphus hesperus, on whitefly populations

BioControl

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 669-681

  Alma, Colleen R ^a   Goettel, Mark S ^a,b   Roitberg, Bernard D ^a   Gillespie, David R ^a,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Interaction; Interference competition; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FLY; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; POPULATION TYPE; PREDATOR;

ALEYRODIDAE; ASCOMYCOTA; DICYPHUS HESPERUS; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HYPOCREALES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 34548152385     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9053-1     Document Type: Article

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