The fungus Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) vuillemin in a corn ecosystem: Its effect on the insect predator Coleomegilla maculata de geer

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-141

  Pingel, Randall L ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Coleomegilla maculata; integrated pest management; nontarget organisms

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030087548     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0017     Document Type: Article

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