Bombus terrestris as pollinator-and-vector to suppress Botrytis cinerea in greenhouse strawberry

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1069-1075

  Mommaerts, Veerle ^a   Put, Kurt ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^a,c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Botrytis cinerea; Diluent; Dispenser; Greenhouse; Pollinator and vector; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

DILUENT;

BEE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; INOCULATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; WORKER CASTE; YIELD RESPONSE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; DISPENSER; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FRAGARIA; GLIOCLADIUM; GREENHOUSE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR-AND-VECTOR; STRAWBERRY;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; DILUENT; DISPENSER; GREENHOUSE; POLLINATOR-AND-VECTOR; STRAWBERRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; BEES; BOTRYTIS; FRAGARIA; GLIOCLADIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; POLLINATION;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80051942630     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2147     Document Type: Article

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