Homeopathic preparations to control the rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea Pass.)

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 38-48

  Wyss, Eric ^a   Tamm, Lucius ^a   Siebenwirth, Joachim ^b   Baumgartner, Stephan ^c,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b Clinic for Homeopathy   (Germany)

^c Society for Cancer Research   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aphid control; Apple; Homeopathy; Lycopodium clavatum; Nosode; Plant pest model system

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; WATER;

APHID; APPLE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAPHIS PLANTAGINEA; FRESH WEIGHT; GROWTH CHAMBER; HOMEOPATHY; LEAF DAMAGE; LYCOPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT PEST; SEED WEIGHT; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; HOMEOPATHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LYCOPODIUM; MALUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS;

APHIDIDAE; DYSAPHIS PLANTAGINEA; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77749279978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.12     Document Type: Article

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