Conidial Attachment ofMetarhizium anisopliaeandBeauveria bassianato the Larval Cuticle ofDiaprepes abbreviatus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Treated with Imidacloprid

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 220-230

  Quintela, Eliane D ^a   McCoy, Clayton W ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

conidial attachment; Entomopathogenic fungi; imidacloprid; insect cuticle; insecticide; root weevil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000152229     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4791     Document Type: Article

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