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.
Fecha de publicación
2014-05-08ISSN
1386-6141
Resumen
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.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
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Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
632 - Enfermedades y protección de las plantas
Páginas
17
Publicado por
Springer
Publicado en
BioControl
Citación
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 del acuerdo de la subvención
EC/COST/FA1105/EU/Towards a sustainable and productive EU organic greenhouse horticulture/
Program
Protecció Vegetal Sostenible
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