Risks to the aquatic ecosystem from the application of Metarhizium anisopliae for locust control in Australia

Pest Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 718-723

  Milner, Richard J ^a   Lim, Richard P ^b   Hunter, David M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Biopesticide; Locusts; Metarhizium anisopliae; Non target effects

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOPESTICIDE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CONIDIUM; DRUG FORMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LOCUST; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CLADOCERA; DEUTEROMYCETES; EVALUATION; FISH; GRASSHOPPER; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

AUSTRALIA;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; FUNGI; MELANOTAENIA; MELANOTAENIA DUBOULAYI; MELANOTAENIIDAE; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ORTHOPTERA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLADOCERA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036301188     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.517     Document Type: Article

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