Toxicity of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) to adult females of the blowfly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 639-644

  Wright, C ^a   Brooks, A ^a   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FLY; FUNGUS; PEST CONTROL; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEUTEROMYCETES; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOTOXICITY; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; EUROPE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLY; FUNGUS SPORE; INSECT CONTROL; LUCILIA SERCATA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSORBATES; SILICONE OILS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HEXAPODA; HYPHOMYCETES; LUCILIA SERICATA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 3042842766     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.808     Document Type: Article

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