Optimal concentration of Beauveria bassiana vectored by bumble bees in relation to pest and bee mortality in greenhouse tomato and sweet pepper

BioControl

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 797-812

  Kapongo, Jean Pierre ^a   Shipp, Les ^b   Kevan, Peter ^a   Broadbent, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Bombus impatiens; Greenhouse tomatoes and sweet peppers; Lygus lineolaris; Myzus persicae; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; SPORE; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOCREALES; IMPATIENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; MIRIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 50249185690     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-007-9142-9     Document Type: Article

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