Effect of formulation and application method on the efficacy of aerial and submerged conidia of metarhizium flavoviride for locust and grasshopper control

Pesticide Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Jenkins, Nina E ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Benin)

Author keywords

Formulation; Infectivity; Metarhizium flavoviride; Persistence; Schistocerca gregaria; Zonocerus variegatus

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION METHOD; LOCUS;

ACRIDIDAE; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE; ORTHOPTERA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; ZONOCERUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0029661228     PISSN: 0031613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9063(199604)46:4<299::AID-PS362>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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