Use of Metarhizium flavoviride for control of Zonocerus variegatus: A model, linking dispersal and secondary infection from the spray residue with mortality in caged field samples

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Langewald, J ^a   Thomas, M B ^b   Douro Kpindou, O K ^a   Lomer, C J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dispersal; entomopathogenic fungus; field trial; grasshoppers; immigration; incubation time; Metarhizium flavoviride; microbial control; mortality; population reduction; spore residue; Zonocerus variegatus

Indexed keywords

METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE; ZONOCERUS VARIEGATUS; ORTHOPTERA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; MORTALITY; OIL FORMULATION; VARIEGATED GRASSHOPPER;

EID: 0030617557     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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