Biological control agents: From field to market, problems, and challenges

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 493-496

  Velivelli, Siva L S ^a   De Vos, Paul ^b,c   Kromann, Peter ^d   Declerck, Stephane ^e   Prestwich, Barbara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d International Potato Centre Quito   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Biodiversity; Food security; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

APPLE; AUBERGINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CABBAGE; CARROT; CEREAL; CONSUMER; CUCUMBER; ERYSIPHE NECATOR; FOOD SECURITY; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM NIVALE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HUMAN; LETTUCE; MARKET; NOTE; OAT; ORCHARD; PATHOGENESIS; PEAR; PEPPER; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; POPULATION GROWTH; POTATO; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS; PYRENOPHORA TERES; PYTHIUM; REGISTRATION; STONE FRUIT; TOMATO; USTILAGO; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATERING SERVICE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY;

EID: 84908025961     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.07.002     Document Type: Note

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