Apple leaf shredding as a non-chemical tool to manage apple scab and spotted tentiform leafminer

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 595-604

  Vincent, Charles ^a   Rancourt, Benoit ^a   Carisse, Odile ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apple scab; Phyllonorycter blancardella; Physical control; Shredding; Spotted tentiform leafminer; Venturia inaequalis

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MECHANICAL CONTROL; ORCHARD; PARASITOID; UREA;

AGROMYZIDAE; ATHELIA; ATHELIA BOMBACINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MICROSPHAEROPSIS; PHYLLONORYCTER; PHYLLONORYCTER BLANCARDELLA; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 9644294267     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.01.027     Document Type: Article

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