Survey of entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi endemic to pecan orchards of the Southeastern United States and their virulence to the pecan weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 187-195

  Shapiro Ilan, David I ^a   Gardner, Wayne A ^b   Fuxa, James R ^c   Wood, Bruce W ^a   Nguyen, Khuong B ^d   Adams, Byron J ^d   Humber, Richard A ^a   Hall, Michael J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Curculio caryae; Heterorhabditis; Metarhizium anisopliae; Pecan; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; PEST CONTROL; VIRULENCE;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIO; CURCULIO CARYAE; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA GLASERI; STEINERNEMA RARUM;

EID: 0242417123     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.1.187     Document Type: Article

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