Evaluation of novel fungal and nematode isolates for control of Conotrachelus nenuphar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae

Biological Control

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-171

  Alston, Diane G ^a   Rangel, Drauzio E N ^a   Lacey, Lawrence A ^b   Golez, Hernani G ^a,c   Jeong, Jun Kim ^a,d   Roberts, Donald W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c National Mango Research and Development Center   (Philippines)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogens; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Irradiation; Metarhizium anisopliae; Mutation; Plum curculio; Steinernema feltiae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 26444519839     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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