Potential of fungi as biocontrol agents of Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

Entomophaga

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Pena J E ^a   Osborne, L S ^b   Duncan, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Hirsutella thompsoni; Infectivity; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Polyphagotarsonemus latus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HIRSUTELLA; HIRSUTELLA THOMPSONII; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; POLYPHAGOTARSONEMUS; POLYPHAGOTARSONEMUS LATUS; TARSONEMIDAE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BROAD MITE; FUNGI; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

EID: 0030299243     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893289     Document Type: Article

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