title: Processed Kaolin as an alternative insecticide against the European pear sucker, Cacopsylla pyri (L.)
creator: Daniel, Claudia
creator: Pfammatter, W
creator: Kehrli, P
creator: Wyss, Eric
subject: Crop health, quality, protection
description: Application of processed kaolin particle film repels insects without lethal effects; hence side effects on beneficial arthropods are low. Processed kaolin may be an alternative to broad-spectrum insecticides used against European pear sucker, Cacopsylla pyri (L.), in organic and conventional pear production.   Trials showed that the processed kaolin showed a very high efficacy, and the population of C. pyri was kept under a damaging level over the whole season. In conclusion, kaolin shows promise as an alternative control for C. pyri in organic and orchards of Integreted Pest Management.   
date: 2005
type: Journal paper
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/6053/1/Daniel-2005-Kaolin-eng.pdf
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/6053/2/Wyss-2005-Kaolin-Psylla-JAE.pdf
identifier: Daniel, Claudia; Pfammatter, W; Kehrli, P and Wyss, Eric (2005) Processed Kaolin as an alternative insecticide against the European pear sucker, Cacopsylla pyri (L.). [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0418.2005.00981.x.] Journal of Applied Entomology (129 (7)), pp. 363-367.
relation: http://orgprints.org/6053/