Natural vegetation benefits synergistic control of the three main insect and pathogen pests of a fruit crop in southern Africa

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1092-1101

  Henri, Dominic C ^a,d   Jones, Owen ^a   Tsiattalos, Ariana ^a   Thébault, Elisa ^b   Seymour, Colleen L ^c   van Veen, F J Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Ceratitis; Conservation biological control; Ecosystem services; Integrated pest management; Mango malformation disease; Natural enemies; Natural vegetation; Pest control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PEST; DEVELOPING WORLD; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GENERALIST; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SYNERGISM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; CERATITIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HEXAPODA; MANGIFERA INDICA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84948720604     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12465     Document Type: Article

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