TY - JOUR
T1 - Neozygites parvispora (Zygomycotina: Entomophthorales) Causing an Epizootic in Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Cucumber in Spain
AU - Montserrat, Marta
AU - Castañé, Cristina
AU - Santamaria, Sergi
PY - 1998/3/1
Y1 - 1998/3/1
N2 - The first appearance in Spain of a thrips entomopathogenic fungus,Neozygites parvispora,is described. A greenhouse cucumber crop was monitored weekly from May to August 1996 for thrips,Frankliniella occidentalis,and their natural enemies. One fungicidal treatment was made during the growing season. No insecticides were applied. An epizootic in the thrips population due toN. parvisporalasted from the seventh week after transplanting until the crop was terminated, reaching a mean of 6.46 infected thrips per leaf. Several species of generalist predators (Heteroptera, Miridae, and Anthocoridae) colonized the crop and, together withN. parvispora,controlled the thrips population. © 1998 Academic Press.
AB - The first appearance in Spain of a thrips entomopathogenic fungus,Neozygites parvispora,is described. A greenhouse cucumber crop was monitored weekly from May to August 1996 for thrips,Frankliniella occidentalis,and their natural enemies. One fungicidal treatment was made during the growing season. No insecticides were applied. An epizootic in the thrips population due toN. parvisporalasted from the seventh week after transplanting until the crop was terminated, reaching a mean of 6.46 infected thrips per leaf. Several species of generalist predators (Heteroptera, Miridae, and Anthocoridae) colonized the crop and, together withN. parvispora,controlled the thrips population. © 1998 Academic Press.
KW - Biological control
KW - Cucumber
KW - Frankliniella occidentalis
KW - Fungal epizootic
KW - Neozygites parvispora
U2 - 10.1006/jipa.1997.4730
DO - 10.1006/jipa.1997.4730
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-2011
VL - 71
SP - 165
EP - 168
JO - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
JF - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
ER -