Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects
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Autor/a
Messelink, Gerben J.
Bennison, Jude
Ingegno, Barbara L.
Tavella, Luciana
Shipp, Les
Palevsky, Eric
Wäckers, Felix L.
Data de publicació
2014-05-08ISSN
1386-6141
Resum
Biological pest control in greenhouse crops is usually based on periodical releases of mass-produced natural enemies, and this method has been successfully applied for decades. However, in some cases there are shortcomings in pest control efficacy, which often can be attributed to the poor establishment of natural enemies. Their establishment and population numbers can be enhanced by providing additional resources, such as alternative food, prey, hosts, oviposition sites or shelters. Furthermore, natural enemy efficacy can be enhanced by using volatiles, adapting the greenhouse climate, avoiding pesticide side-effects and minimizing disrupting food web complexities. The special case of high value crops in a protected greenhouse environment offers tremendous opportunities to design and manage the system in
ways that increase crop resilience to pest infestations. While we have outlined opportunities and tools to
develop such systems, this review also identifies knowledge gaps, where additional research is needed
to optimize these tools.
Tipus de document
Article
Versió del document
Versió publicada
Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
632 - Malalties i protecció de les plantes
Pàgines
17
Publicat per
Springer
Publicat a
BioControl
Citació
Messelink, Gerben J., Jude Bennison, Oscar Alomar, Barbara L. Ingegno, Luciana Tavella, Les Shipp, Eric Palevsky, and Felix L. Wäckers. 2014. "Approaches To Conserving Natural Enemy Populations In Greenhouse Crops: Current Methods And Future Prospects". Biocontrol 59 (4): 377-393. doi:10.1007/s10526-014-9579-6.
Número de l'acord de la subvenció
EC/COST/FA1105/EU/Towards a sustainable and productive EU organic greenhouse horticulture/
Programa
Protecció Vegetal Sostenible
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