Biological control of Lycoriella ingenue (Diptera: Sciaridae) in commercial mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) cultivation: A comparison between Hypoaspis miles and Steinernema feltiae

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1195-1200

  Jess, Stephen ^a   Schweizer, Heinrich ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Biological control; Hypoaspis miles; Lycoriella spp.; Mushroom culture; Sciaridae

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; FLY; FOOD SAFETY; MITE; MUSHROOM; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGARICUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MITE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGARICUS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA;

ACARI; AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYPOASPIS MILES; LYCORIELLA; LYCORIELLA INGENUA; NEMATODA; SCIARIDAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 70350060466     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1809     Document Type: Article

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