Effect of soil temperature and moisture on survival and infectivity of Metarhizium anisopliae to four tephritid fruit fly puparia

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-167

  Ekesi, S ^a,b   Maniania, N K ^a   Lux, S A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b Institute of Arable Crops Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratitis; Fruit flies; Metarhizium anisopliae; Moisture; Mortality; Puparia; Soil; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CERATITIS COSYRA; CERATITIS FASCIVENTRIS; CERATITIS ROSA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ROSA;

EID: 0038009323     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2011(03)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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