Eggplant Integrated Pest Management AN ECOLOGICAL GUIDE

____________________________________________________________________________________________Keyword indexKEYWORD INDEXacaricides.........................................................81AESA .........................................................48, 60Agro-Ecosystem analysis ..........................48, 60Aleurodicus dispersus .....................................91Alternaria solani.............................................140Amblyseius cucumeris.............................88, 103Amblyseius tetranychivorus.....................80, 103Amrasca sp......................................................81anatomy...........................................................48annual weeds.................................................157antagonist ........................................54, 118, 127anthracnose...................................................144aphid lions......................................................100Aphidius sp ......................................................85aphids ..............................................................83Aphis gossypii..................................................83Arthrobotrys irregularis ..................................136ash ...................................................................64Autoba olivacea ...............................................90Bacillus subtilis ......................................141, 153Bacillus thuringiensis .....................................110testing efficacy ...........................................111bacterial wilt.............................................34, 146baculo virus..............................................72, 113Beauveria bassiana ...............................112, 161Beauveria sp..............................................82, 92Bemisia tabaci .................................................91beneficials........................................................54Bilia sp. ............................................................88biocontrol agents .............................................54biofumigation ...........................................34, 148birds ...............................................................116blight ......................................................138, 154Bochartia sp.....................................................82boron..............................................................123botanicals...........................................61, 81, 129boundary area planting....................................19broadleaf weeds ............................................157Bt ...................................................................110Burkholderia cepacia .....................................137calcium...........................................................123Ceranisus menes.............................................88Cestius phycitis................................................81Chili..................................................................63Chrysopa carnea .............................................99Chrysopa sp...............................................80, 88climate ...............................................................9coccinellid beetle .............................................97compensation ........................................5, 51, 53Compost ..............................16, 22, 30, 132, 148advantages...................................................22decomposition time ......................................25disadvantages..............................................23disease control.............................................25how to prepare .............................................23how to use....................................................27tea ................................................................26temperature..................................................24Cotesia sp. ................................................ 71, 90Cover crops....................................... 19, 27, 159Crop compensation......................................... 51crop defenders ................................................ 54Crop rotation ................................... 45, 125, 159crop visitors............................................... 53, 97damping-off ............................................. 34, 131decomposition................................................. 22deficiency symptoms..................................... 123Diaeretiella rapae............................................ 85diagnosing problems..................................... 123disease culture.............................................. 124disease management............................ 121, 125Disease spread ............................................. 119disease triangle............................................. 121disease zoo................................................... 124Dorylus orientalis ............................................ 94Drainage.......................................................... 42Early blight .................................................... 140economic threshold level ................................ 60Encarsia sp. .................................................... 92entomopathogenic fungi................................ 111entomopathogenic nematodes ..................... 114Entomophthora sp................................... 85, 112Epilachna beetle ............................................. 76Epilachna sp. ............................................ 76, 97Eriborus sinicus....................................... 72, 106erosion control ................................................ 19ETL.................................................................. 60Eublemma olivacea......................................... 90Feltiella acarisuga ........................................... 80fertility.............................................................. 45fertilizer............................................................ 31chemical ................................................ 19, 30foliar............................................................. 31inorganic...................................................... 30organic................................................... 21, 30Fertilizer management .................................... 20fertilizer study.................................................. 31field preparation .............................................. 37flooding...................................................... 42, 89forecasting..................................................... 142fruit and shoot borer........................................ 70fruit rot ................................................... 139, 144fuel oil.............................................................. 64fungi .............................................................. 119fungicides.............................................. 125, 128Fusarium oxysporum ...................... 35, 128, 149non-pathogenic.................................. 127, 150Fusarium sp. ................................................... 72garlic........................................................ 63, 129germination ..................................................... 12Ginger ........................................................... 129Gliocladium virens......................................... 128grafting ............................................ 41, 149, 151granulosis virus ............................................. 113green manure.................................................. 28ground beetle 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