Suppression of pear psylla using elicitors of host-defenses
Author: W. Rodney Cooper
Published: 2014
Summary: The objectives of this project were: 1) Test the effects of commercially available elicitors of host defenses on pear psylla population growth in pear orchards. 2) Test the effects of defense elicitors on recruitment of natural enemies. 3) Test the combined effects of defense elicitors and potassium or magnesium fertilizaation on pear psylla numbers. 4) Test the effects of defense elicitors on obligate bacterial symboints of pear psylla
