Entomopathogenic fungi associated with natural populations of the moroccan locust Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg) (Orthoptera: Gomphocerinae) and other acridoidea in Spain

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-364

  Hernández Crespo, Pedro ^a   Santiago Álvarez, Cándido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Epizootic; Grasshoppers; Locusts; Metarhizium anisopliae

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PATHOGEN; LOCUST; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

SPAIN;

ACRIDOIDEA; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DOCIOSTAURUS; DOCIOSTAURUS MAROCCANUS; FUNGI; GOMPHOCERINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 1842413136     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159730767     Document Type: Article

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