Investigations on bacteria as a potential biological control agent of summer chafer, Amphimallon solstitiale L. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 463-468

  Sezen, Kazim ^a   Demir, Ismail ^a   Kati, Hatice ^a   Demirbaǧ, Zihni ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A. solstitiale; Biological control; Insecticidal activity; Summer chafer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BEETLES; LARVA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

AMPHIMALLON SOLSTITIALE; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 27944478587     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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