Evaluating the effects of a biopesticide on populations of the variegated grasshopper, Zonocerus variegatus

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1509-1516

  Thomas, M B ^a   Langewald, J ^b   Wood, S N ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Biological Control Centre for Africa   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biocontrol; entomopathogenic fungi; grasshoppers; host pathogen interactions; models

Indexed keywords

ZONOCERUS VARIEGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE; ORTHOPTERA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE; ZONOCERUS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; VARIEGATED GRASSHOPPER;

EID: 0030302627     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404789     Document Type: Article

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