Development of a new dispenser for microbiological control agents and evaluation of dissemination by bumblebees in greenhouse strawberries

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1199-1207

  Mommaerts, Veerle ^a   Put, Kurt ^b   Vandeven, Jessica ^a   Jans, Kris ^b   Sterk, Guido ^b   Hoffmann, Lucien ^c   Smagghe, Guy ^a,d  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological control; Botrytis cinerea; Bumblebees; Dispenser; Microbiological control agents; Pollinator and vector; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BEE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLINATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION; GLIOCLADIUM; HYPOCREA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLLINATION; STRAWBERRY; TRICHODERMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEES; FRAGARIA; GLIOCLADIUM; HYPOCREA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; POLLINATION; TRICHODERMA;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77958449107     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1995     Document Type: Article

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