The banker plant method in biological control

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-278

  Huang, Ningxing ^a,b   Enkegaard, Annie ^b   Osborne, Lance S ^c   Ramakers, Pierre M J ^d   Messelink, Gerben J ^d   Pijnakker, Juliette ^d   Murphy, Graeme ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropod pests; Banker plant; Beneficials; Biological control; Field crops; Green house crops; Herbivores; Open rearing; Pest management

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 79957573684     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.572055     Document Type: Review

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