Screening of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) isolates against nymphs of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biotype B (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) with description of a new bioassay method

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-103

  Vicentini, Sérgio ^a   Faria, Marcos ^a   De Oliveira, Maria R V ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungus; Insecta; Silverleaf whitefly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006879860     PISSN: 1519556X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-566x2001000100015     Document Type: Article

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