Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana for adults of Tribolium castaneum (Col.: Tenebrionidae) in stored grains

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 569-574

  Padin, S B ^a   Dal Bello, G M ^b   Vasicek, A L ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Microbial control; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001205358     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769816     Document Type: Article

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