Selection of a highly virulent fungal isolate, Metarhizium anisopliae Ma TB 101, for control of taro beetle, Papuana uninodis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-195

  Theunis, W ^a   Aloali'i, I ^a  

^a European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Papuana

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL; SPORE; VIRULENCE;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGAL PATHOGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA BRONGNIARTII; COLEOPTERA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BRONGNIARTII; FUNGI; INSECTA; JAPONICA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE; PAPUANA; PAPUANA UNINODIS; PAPUANA WOODLARKIANA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0031826385     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159830252     Document Type: Article

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