Synergistic Effect of Imidacloprid and Two Entomopathogenic Fungi on the Behavior and Survival of Larvae of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Soil

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 110-122

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Admire; Beauveria bassiana; Behavior modification; Metarhizium anisopliae; Soil insect; Synergism

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; FUNGI; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 0001644366     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.1.110     Document Type: Article

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