Direct plantlet inoculation with soil or insect-associated fungi may control cabbage root fly maggots

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-66

  Razinger, Jaka ^a,b   Lutz, Matthias ^b   Schroers, Hans Josef ^a   Palmisano, Marilena ^b   Wohler, Christian ^b,c   Urek, Gregor ^a   Grunder, Jürg ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Liebegg Agricultural Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Delia radicum; Diptera; Entomopathogenic fungi; Rhizosphere competence; Soil pest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRASSICA; DIPTERA; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84904761037     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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