Laboratory and field evaluation of different formulations of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum submerged spores and aerial conidia for the control of locusts and grasshoppers

BioControl

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-81

  Kassa, A ^a   Stephan, D ^a   Vidal, S ^b   Zimmermann, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conidia; Emulsion; Formulation; Hieroglyphus daganensis; Locusta migratoria; Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum; Mycoinsecticide; Submerged spores; ULV; Water based formulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GRASSHOPPER; LOCUST; MORTALITY; SPRAY;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACRIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HIEROGLYPHUS; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0842313327     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BICO.0000009384.46858.aa     Document Type: Article

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