Natural enemies of the South American moth, Tuta absoluta, in Europe, North Africa and Middle East, and their potential use in pest control strategies

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 635-647

  Zappalà, Lucia ^a   Biondi, Antonio ^a,b   Alma, Alberto ^c   Al Jboory, Ibrahim J ^d   Arnò, Judit ^e   Bayram, Ahmet ^f   Chailleux, Anaïs ^b   El Arnaouty, Ashraf ^g   Gerling, Dan ^h   Guenaoui, Yamina ⁱ   Shaltiel Harpaz, Liora ^j   Siscaro, Gaetano ^a   Stavrinides, Menelaos ^k   Tavella, Luciana ^c   Vercher Aznar, Rosa ^l   Urbaneja, Alberto ^m   Desneux, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^e IRTA   (Spain)

^f DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

^j Migal Galilee Research Institute ^*  (Israel)

^k CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^l UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^m INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Biological control; Generalist predators; Integrated pest management; Invasive species; Parasitoid community; Western Palaearctic

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAFMINER; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; PREDATOR; YIELD RESPONSE;

EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

AGROMYZIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BRACONIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

EID: 84887621154     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-013-0531-9     Document Type: Article

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