Investigations on the bacterial flora as a potential biocontrol agent of chestnut weevil, Curculio elephas (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Turkey

Biologia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 679-683

  Yaman, Mustafa ^a   Demïrbag, Zihni ^a   Beldüz, All Osman ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Chestnut weevil; Curculio elephas; Microbial control

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CURCULIO ELEPHAS; CURCULIONIDAE; ELEPHAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PAENIBACILLUS LENTIMORBUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUERCUS;

EID: 17444410302     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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