Evaluation of synergistic interactions between the Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) pathogen Beauveria bassiana and the insecticides, imidacloprid, and cyromazine

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 344-356

  Furlong, M J ^a,b   Groden, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Colorado potato beetle; Cyromazine; Imidacloprid; Starvation; Synergism

Indexed keywords

CYROMAZINE; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0035318801     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.344     Document Type: Article

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