Biological control of phytophagous ladybird beetles Epilachna vigintioctopunctata (Col., Coccinellidae) by chitinolytic phylloplane bacteria Alcaligenes paradoxus entrapped in alginate beads

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 441-446

  Otsu, Y ^a   Matsuda, Y ^a   Shimizu, H ^a   Ueki, H ^a   Mori, H ^a   Fujiwara, K ^a   Nakajima, T ^a   Miwa, A ^a   Nonomura, T ^a   Sakuratani, Y ^a   Tosa, Y ^b   Mayama, S ^b   Toyoda, H ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes paradoxus; Alginate beads; Biological control; Chitinase; Epilachna vigintioctopunctata

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENZYME;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EPILACHNA; EPILACHNA VIGINTIOCTOPUNCTATA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

EID: 0346120035     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2003.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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