Screening and bioassay of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of silverleaf whitefly, bemisia argentifolli

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Negasi, Adhanom ^a   Parker, Bruce L ^a   Brownbridge, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia argentifolli; Bioassay; Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Fungal isolates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006920633     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s174275840000744x     Document Type: Article

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