Snowdrop and wheatgerm lectins and avidin as antimetabolites for the control of sugarcane whitegrubs

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 409-414

  Allsopp, P G ^a   McGhie, T K ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antitrogus consanguineus; Antitrogus parvulus; avidin; Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae; snowdrop lectin; wheatgerm lectin

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; AVIDIN; GROWTH INHIBITION; LECTIN; MORTALITY; SUGARCANE WHITEGRUB;

ANTITROGUS CONSANGUINEUS; ANTITROGUS PARVULUS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0029659522     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00953.x     Document Type: Article

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