Insect pest (thrips) control by pollinator mediated dissemination of biological control agents for greenhouse strawberry production and quality

生物防治方面的新技术正越来越多地被接受并用于食品生产，以提高质量和减少化学残留物。在加拿大率先使用受管理的传粉媒介（蜜蜂和大黄蜂）向农作物的花朵传播生物控制剂以防止真菌病原体，这在北美和欧洲获得了商业认可。该技术被称为“吸虫技术”，可应用于温室内软嫩水果的新兴商业化生产，以解决新出现的害虫防治问题。蓟马是温室作物生产中的一个问题。通过使用对蓟马有效的有机认证的生物防治剂，并由已经需要和管理的大黄蜂传粉者携带到草莓花上，提出了一种新的吸蜂应用。在商业经营的生产温室中进行的试验将测试使用昆虫诱捕生物防治剂防治鼠疫蓟马的潜力，同时通过改善授粉服务测试生产高质量水果的潜力。

New technologies in biological control are being increasingly accepted and used in food production for quality**and reduced chemical residues. Pioneered in Canada, the use of managed pollinators (honeybees and bumble**bees) for disseminating biological control agents to flowers of crops to protect against fungal pathogens is**gaining commercial acceptance in North America and Europe. The technology, called apivectoring, can be**applied to the newly emerging commercial production of soft and tender fruits in greenhouses to address the**emerging problems of insect pest control. Thrips are a problem in greenhouse crop production. By using**organically certified biological control agents that are effective against thrips and that are carried to strawberry**flowers by the already needed and managed bumblebee pollinators, a new application for apivectoring is**proposed. Experiments in commercially operated production greenhouses will test the potential for use of**apivectored biocontrol agents against pestiferous thrips while testing the potential for production of high**quality fruit through improved pollination services.