Experimental studies to evaluate spray applications of a mycoinsecticide against the rice grasshopper, Hieroglyphus daganensis, in northern Benin

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-102

  Thomas, M B ^a   Blandford, S ^a   Gbongboui, C ^b   Lomer, C J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Biological Control Centre for Africa   (Benin)

Author keywords

Entomopathogens; Feeding; Field trials; Locusts and grasshoppers; Microbial control; Mortality rate; Predation; Spray residue

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; MYCOINSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL;

BENIN;

ACRIDIDAE; HIEROGLYPHUS DAGANENSIS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031967292     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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