The effect of the coccinellid Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on transmission of the fungal pathogen Pandora neoaphidis (Entomophthorales:Entomophthoraceae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-90

  Wells, Patricia M ^a,b   Baverstock, Jason ^a   Majerus, Michael E N ^b   Jiggins, Francis M ^b   Roy, Helen E ^c   Pell, Judith K ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccinella septempunctata; Coccinellidae; Enhanced transmission; Entomophthorales; Harlequin ladybird; Harmonia axyridis; Multicoloured asian ladybeetle; Pandora neoaphidis; Seven spot ladybird; Vectoring

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PATHOGEN;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS;

EID: 78751539171     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2011.011     Document Type: Article

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