Microbial control of coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longissima) with green muscardine fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 307-314

  Liu, S D ^a   Lin, S C ^a   Shiau, J F ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Division of Plant Protection Department of Agriculture and Forestry Taiwan Provincial Government ^*  (China)

Author keywords

biological control; coconut pest; entomopathogenic fungi; pathogenecity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343429350     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-2011(89)90094-3     Document Type: Article

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