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Conservation biological control using fungal entomopathogens

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The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens

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Conservation biological control relies on modification of the environment or management practices to protect and encourage natural enemies that are already present within the system, thereby enhancing and improving their ability to control pest populations in a reliable way. Such strategies are only possible when based on a strong understanding of the ecology of the species concerned at the individual, community and landscape scale. Conservation biological control with entomopathogenic fungi includes the manipulation of both the crop environment and also habitats outside the crop. Further investment in conservation biological control with entomopathogenic fungi could make a substantial contribution to sustainable crop production either as stand alone strategies or, more importantly, in support of other biological and integrated pest management strategies.

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  1. Department of Plant and Invertebrate Ecology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK

    J. K. Pell

  2. Department of Entomology, 319 AGRI, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA

    J. J. Hannam & D. C. Steinkraus

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  1. CEH Wallingford, Biological Records Centre, Crowmarsh Gifford , Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom, OX, 10 8BB

    Helen E. Roy

  2. USDA - ARS, Plant Sciences Institute & Invasive Insect Biocontrol, Bldg. 011A, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA

    Fernando E. Vega

  3. Warwick HRI, University of Warwick Wellesboune, CV35 9EF, Warwick, United Kingdom

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  4. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada

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  5. Rothamsted Research, AL5 2JQ, Harpenden, United Kingdom

    Judith Pell

  6. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 400 route des Chappes, 06903, Sophia Antipolis CX, France

    Eric Wajnberg

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Pell, J.K., Hannam, J.J., Steinkraus, D.C. (2009). Conservation biological control using fungal entomopathogens. In: Roy, H.E., Vega, F.E., Chandler, D., Goettel, M.S., Pell, J., Wajnberg, E. (eds) The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3966-8_13

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