Whorl and pollen-shed stage application of Beauveria bassiana for suppression of adult western corn rootworm

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-169

  Bruck, Denny J ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a  

^a HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Fungal dynamics; Microbial control

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; FUNGUS; PEST CONTROL;

BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036588533     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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