Effect of the native strain of the predator Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter and the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium muscarium against Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) under greenhouse conditions in Tunisia

Abstract Background The misuse of chemical insecticides has developed the phenomenon of habituation in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) causing enormous economic losses under geothermal greenhouses in southern Tunisia. Results In order to develop means of biological control appropriate to the...

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Published in:	Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
Main Authors:	Besma Hamrouni Assadi, Sabrine Chouikhi, Refki Ettaib, Naima Boughalleb M’hamdi, Mohamed Sadok Belkadhi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Subjects:	Bemisia tabaci Biological control Nesidiocoris tenuis Geothermal Beauveria bassiana Lecanicillium muscarium
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-021-00395-5