Field trial with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum against bands of the grasshopper Rhammatocerus schistocercoides in Brazil

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-441

  Magalhaes B P ^a   Lecoq, M ^b   De Faria, M R ^a   Schmidt, F G V ^a   Guerra, W D ^c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c MA/DFA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Entomopathogenic fungus; Field trial; Grasshopper; Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum; Metarhizium flavoviride; Oil formulation; Rhammatocerus schistocercoides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GENETIC STRAIN; INSECT CONTROL; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; MYCOINSECTICIDE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGUS; GRASSHOPPER; PATHOGEN; PEST SPECIES;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 0343006813     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150050115016     Document Type: Article

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