COST Action 850: Publications
WG3: “Biological Control of Thrips, with Special Emphasis on the Use of Entomopathogenic Nematodes”, University Hanover, Germany, April 23-24, 2005
Download: List of Participants (PDF, 13 KB), Programme and Short Report (PDF, 34 KB)
Presentations:
Application of entomopathogenic nematode in thrips control
Chair: Christian Borgemeister, Hannover University, Germany
- Use of EPNs for control of Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci in chrysanthemum
Ellen Beering, Applied Plant Research Division Glasshouse Horticulture, Praktijkonderzoek Plant en Omgeving, The Netherlands (Download PDF, 1'138 KB) - Control of thrips with entomopathogenic nematodes: possibilities and challenges
Lemma Ebssa and Christian Borgemeister, Hannover University, Germany (Download PDF, 848 KB) - Infection of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis by entomopathogenic nematodes
Abdulrhman Al-Siyabi, University of Reading, UK (Download PDF, 474 KB) - Experiences with Steinernema feltiae against Frankliniella occidentalis
Jude Bennison, ADAS Boxworth, UK (Download PDF, 2'360 KB) - Combined use of insect pathogenic nematodes and fungi against the onion thrips, Thrips tabaci, in the field.
Kerstin Jung, BBA Darmstadt, Germany (Download PDF, 542 KB)
Session continued.
Chair: Arne Peters, e-nema GmbH, Raisdorf, Germany
- Application of Steinernema feltiae against WFT - Practical experiences
Michael Barth, E-Nema, Germany (Download PDF, 285 KB) - Is control of WFT with EPNs good enough to reduce the spread of tospoviruses?
Monique Tomiczek, ADAS Boxworth, UK (Download PDF, 685 KB) - Possibilities of seed coating in an IPM system against thrips in leek and onion
Hilfred Huiting, Applied Plant Research, The Netherlands (Download PDF, 1'338 KB)
Other thrips control options
Chair: Jude Bennison, ADAS Boxworth, UK
- General Considerations for the application of EPN on the foliage
Arne Peters, e-nema GmbH, Ralf-Udo Ehlers and Sibylle Schroer, Univ. Kiel, Germany (Download PDF, 301 KB) - Interactions of Neem and EPNs
Jürgen Meyer, Lemma Ebssa, Gunda Thoeming, Christian Borgemeister, and Hans-Michael Poehling, Hannover University, Germany (Download PDF, 675 KB) - Systemic effects of neem on Western Flower Thrips
Gunda Thoeming, Christian Borgemeister and Hans-Michael Poehling, Hannover University, Germany (Download PDF, 1'479 KB) - Use of UV-absorbing plastic sheets for control of Frankliniella occidentalis
Rose Kigathi, Christian Borgemeister and Hans-Michael Poehling, Hannover University, Germany (Download PDF, 745 KB)
Poster
Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi to western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis
Helga Sermann, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Other thrips control options (continued)
Chair: Ellen Beering, Praktijkonderzoek Plant en Omgeving, The Netherlands
- Evaluation of plant compounds for use in thrips control strategies
Elisabeth Helene Koschier, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria - General discussion and recommendations for the biological control of thrips
