Susceptibility of Sitophilus zeamais (Motsch.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) to entomopathogenic fungi from Ethiopia

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 727-736

  Kassa, A ^a   Zimmermann, G ^a   Stephan, D ^a   Vidal, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Beauveria brongniartii; Dose response; Efficacy; Entomopathogenic fungi; Ethiopia; Metarhizium anisopliae; Microbial control; Paecilomyces sp., Sitophilus zeamais; Prostephanus truncatus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; PEST CONTROL;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENTOMOPATHOGENY; ETHIOPIA; FUNGAL ISOLATE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; INSECT CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LC 50; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ETHIOPIA;

BEAUVERIA; BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BRONGNIARTII; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES SP.; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; SITOPHILUS; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0036860698     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958315021000039905     Document Type: Article

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