Control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) adults on glasshouse-grown cucumbers in four different growth substrates: An efficacy comparison of foliar application of Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev) and spraying with thiamethoxamn

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 631-640

  Laznik, Žiga ^a   Žnidarčič, Dragan ^a   Trdan, Stanislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cucumbers; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Greenhouse; Greenhouse whitefly; Insecticide

Indexed keywords

GLASS; GREENHOUSES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CUCUMBERS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; EXPANDED CLAY AGGREGATES; EXPANDED VERMICULITE; FOLIAR APPLICATION; GLASSHOUSE EXPERIMENT; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

SUBSTRATES;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLAY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; INSECTICIDE; NEMATODE; PEAT; PERLITE; PEST CONTROL; VERMICULITE; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; HEMIPTERA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 80355138077     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-1007-1110     Document Type: Article

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