Pathogenicity of three Japanese strains of entomopathogenic fungi against the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-172

  Saito, Tsutomu ^a   Sugiyama, Keitarou ^a  

^a Shizuoka Agric Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bemisia argentifolii; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Pathogenicity; Silverleaf whitefly

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ASCHERSONIA ALEYRODIS; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA;

EID: 18044368131     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.169     Document Type: Article

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