Laboratory susceptibility of Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) and Bactrocera tryoni (Frogatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) to an isolate of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-284

  Carswell, Isla ^a   Spooner Hart, Robert ^a   Milner, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bactrocera tryoni; Bioassay; Fruit flies; House flies; Metarhizium anisopliae; Microbial control; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA TRYONI; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0347599249     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01584.x     Document Type: Article

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