Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) against the cactus weevil, Metamasius spinolae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) under laboratory conditions

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-536

  Tafoya, Felipe ^a   Zuñiga Delgadillo, Mario ^b   Alatorre, Raquel ^b   Cibrian Tovar, Juan ^b   Stanley, David ^c  

^a Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Cactophagus spinolae; Cactus weevil; Metamasius spinolae; Microbial control; Opuntia borer; Opuntia spp.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CACTUS; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CACTACEAE; CACTOPHAGUS SPINOLAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYPHOMYCETES; INSECTA; METAMASIUS; METAMASIUS SPINOLAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 12344297634     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0533:POBBDH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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