Virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) on Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) : Laboratory and field trials

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1080-1084

  Lezama Gutiérrez, Roberto ^a   De La Luz, Augusta Trujillo ^b   Molina Ochoa, Jaime ^a   Rebolledo Dominguez, Oscar ^a   Pescador, Alfonso R ^c   López Edwards, Marilú ^a   Aluja, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b Secretaria de Agricultura Ganaderia Desarrollo Rural Pesca y Alimentacion   (Mexico)

^c Ctro Univ de Invest y Desarrollo   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anastrepha ludens; Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungus; Metarhizium anisopliae; Mexican fruit fly

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEUTEROMYCETES; FLY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034244069     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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