Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: Current methods and future prospects

BioControl

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 377-393

  Messelink, Gerben J ^a   Bennison, Jude ^b   Alomar, Oscar ^c   Ingegno, Barbara L ^d   Tavella, Luciana ^d   Shipp, Les ^e   Palevsky, Eric ^f   Wäckers, Felix L ^g,h  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^f VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological control; Food sprays; Functional biodiversity; Greenhouse climate; Mixed diets; Mulch layers; Open rearing systems; Pest in first techniques; Pesticide side effects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FOOD WEB; MULCH; NATURAL ENEMY; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EID: 84903893308     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-014-9579-6     Document Type: Review

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