Selection of Beauveria bassiana isolates for control of the whiteflies Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum on the basis of their virulence, thermal requirements, and toxicogenic activity

Biological Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-287

  Quesada Moraga, E ^a   Maranhao, E A A ^a,b   Valverde Garcia P ^a   Santiago Alvarez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b IPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Bemisia tabaci; Entomopathogenic fungi; Greenhouse whitefly; Insecticidal proteins; Macromolecular toxins; Mycoinsecticides; Sweetpotato whitefly; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 31044437167     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.09.022     Document Type: Article

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