A bait formulated with Metarhizium anisopliae for the control of Musca domestica L. (Dipt., Muscidae) assessed in large-scale laboratory enclosures

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 309-314

  Renn, N ^a   Bywater, A F ^a,b   Barson, G ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; MYCOSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BAIT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS;

DIPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0032992851     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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