Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana for control of the rice weevil Sitophilm oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-120

  Sheeba, Govindan ^a   Seshadri, Sundaram ^a   Raja, Nagappan ^a   Janarthanan, Sundaram ^a   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Bioassay; Mortality; Rice weevil; Sitophilus oryzae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531979     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.117     Document Type: Article

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