Field Assessment of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Potential Synergism with Diflubenzuron for Control of Savanna Grasshopper Complex (Orthoptera) in Mali

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-39

  Delgado, Francisco X ^a   Britton, James H ^b   Onsager, Jerome A ^c   Swearingen, Will ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mycotech Corporation   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; grasshoppers; Diflubenzuron; Fenitrothion; Pathogens; Survival rate; Synergist

Indexed keywords

DIFLUBENZURON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEUTEROMYCETES; GRASSHOPPER; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIFLUBENZURON; GRASSHOPPERS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032614790     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4804     Document Type: Article

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