biological control agents. However, based on numbers of ACP observed on traps, biological control agents associated with orange jasmine not treated with insecticides did not promote any measurable reductions in ACP in either citrus or jasmine (nor ultimately
, D.N. Filer, T.H. 1994 Evaluation of endophytic bacteria as potential biological control agents for oak wilt Biol. Control 4 373 381 Chen, C.Q. Belanger, R.R. Benhamou, N. Paulitz, T.C. 1998 Induced systemic resistance (ISR) by Pseudomonas spp
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temperature, soil pH, and host preference for different biological control agents. Use of resistant rootstocks is an ideal and long-term solution to fight Phytophthora diseases. Sour orange is one of the few rootstock that can produce high yields and yet
; Lindquist, 1994 ). However, the use of natural enemies or biological control agents, including entomopathogenic nematodes (e.g., Steinernema feltiae ), predatory rove beetles, or both, is another plant-protection strategy that can be implemented to regulate
commercially available biological control agents specifically targeted toward swede midge, a small number of growers (n = 8) reported using biological control with a mean efficacy of 3.0 ± 0.33 (moderately effective). They did not specify which biological
Phytopathology 96 S28 (abstr.). Dik, A.J. Verhaar, M.A. Belanger, R.R. 1998 Comparison of three biological control agents against cucumber powdery mildew ( Sphaerotheca fuliginea ) in semi-commercial-scale glasshouse
needed to protect emerging, highly susceptible leaf flush, but these insecticides reduce the populations of natural enemies of the leafminer ( Smith and Peña, 2002 ). Classical biological control agents are sometimes effective at reducing populations of
conventional control methods (i.e., pesticides and biological control agents), but there has been much exploration on new control methods such as ozone and ultraviolet treatment of nutrient solutions ( Graham et al., 2009 ; Zheng et al., 2005 ). Copper (Cu 2
control in growth rooms is with the use of biological control agents. We use nematodes ( Steinernema feltiae , ‘Nemaplus’; Bioforce Ltd, Karaka, New Zealand) to control sciarid fly and thrips pupae, and the predatory mite Neoseiulus (formerly Amblyseius