Lethal effect of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus on the eggs of Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Acari: Tetranychidae) with a description of a mite egg bioassay system

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-173

  Shi, Wei Bing ^a   Feng, Ming Guang ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Microbial control; Ovicidal activity; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Spider mites; Tetranychus cinnabarinus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS CINNABARINUS; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 2342475245     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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