Susceptibility of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to a commercial preparation of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-335

  Weathersbee III, A A ^a   Tang, Y Q ^a,b   Doostdar, H ^a   Mayer, R T ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Citrus; Diaprepes abbreviatus; Diaprepes root weevil; Entomopathogen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TENEBRIONIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0038722921     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0330:sodacc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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