Optimisation of a semiochemical slow-release alginate formulation attractive towards Aphidius ervi Haliday parasitoids

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Heuskin, Stéphanie ^a   Lorge, Stéphanie ^b   Godin, Bruno ^a   Leroy, Pascal ^a   Frère, Isabelle ^b   Verheggen, François J ^a   Haubruge, Eric ^a   Wathelet, Jean Paul ^a   Mestdagh, Michèle ^b   Hance, Thierry ^b   Lognay, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alginate beads; Aphidius ervi; Aphids; Biological control; Semiochemical; Slow release

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BETA FARNESENE; BETA-FARNESENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGINATE; APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ODOR; OPTIMIZATION; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; APHIDS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES; SESQUITERPENES; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI;

EID: 84155186634     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2234     Document Type: Article

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