Foliar applications of beauveria bassiana (balsamo) vuillemin for control of the colorado potato beetle, leptinotarsa decemlineata (say) (coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): An overview of pilot test results from the northern united states

The Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 1987, Pages 959-974

  Hajek, Ann E ^a   Soper, Richard S ^a   Roberts, Donald W ^b   Anderson, Thomas E ^b   Biever, K Duane ^a   Ferro, David N ^c   Lebrun, Roger A ^d   Storch, Richard H ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Boyce Thompson Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 0001142774     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent119959-11     Document Type: Article

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