Arthropod symbioses: A neglected parameter in pest- and disease-control programmes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 864-872

  Zindel, Renate ^a   Gottlieb, Yuval ^b   Aebi, Alexandre ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arthropod biology; Biological control; Crop pest; Disease vector; Endosymbiont; Reproduction manipulation; Risk assessment; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDOSYMBIONT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; NATURAL ENEMY; PATHOGENICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMBIOSIS; VIRUS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79959858093     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01984.x     Document Type: Review

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