Potential effects of Beauveria bassiana (Balsmo) vuillemin on Neochetina bruchi hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent of water hyacinth

Biological Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-110

  Chikwenhere, Godfrey P ^a   Vestergaard, Susanne ^b  

^a Plant Protection Research Institute Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Herbicides; LC50; LT50; Neochetina bruchi; Prevalence; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; WEED CONTROL; ZIMBABWE;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; NEOCHETINIA BRUCHI;

EID: 0034983022     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2001.0920     Document Type: Article

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