Infectivity of oil and water formulations of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) to the cocoa weevil pest Pantorhytes plutus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 66-72

  Prior, C ^a   Jollands, P ^a   le Patourel, G ^b  

^a Cocoa Industry Co Ltd ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; biological control; cocoa pest; dose response; formulation; inapparent infection; mycoinsecticide; Pantorhytes plutus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002963187     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-2011(88)90103-6     Document Type: Article

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