Field and laboratory evaluation of two conidial batches of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) vuillemin against grasshoppers

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-186

  Inglis, G D ^a,b   Johnson, D L ^a   Goettel, M S ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FABRICIUS; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030993239     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129171-1     Document Type: Article

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