Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana to Riptortus linearis (Hemiptera: Coreidae), a pest of soybean

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-194

  Hu, Wen Jin ^a   Hou, Roger Feng Nan ^b   Talekar, Narayan Sarjerao ^a  

^a Asian Vegetable Research   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Pathogenicity; Riptortus linearis; Temperature effect; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030509830     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.187     Document Type: Article

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