Effects of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus and Encarsia formosa on the control of the greenhouse whitefly: Preliminary assessment of a compatability study

BioControl

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-316

  Avery, Pasco B ^a,b   Faull, Jane ^b   Simmonds, Monique S J ^c  

^a Science Department   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastospores; Entomopathogen; Pelargonium x domesticum; Phaseolus vulgaris; Regal geranium; Trialeurodes vaporariorum; Tritrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; FUNGUS; LEGUME; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; WASP;

ALEYRODIDAE; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM DOMESTICUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 41049116177     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-007-9073-5     Document Type: Article

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