Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and neonicotinoid insecticides on the fungus gnat Bradysia sp nr. coprophila (Lintner) (Diptera: Sciaridae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Cloyd, Raymond A ^a   Dickinson, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus gnats; Insect growth regulator; Integrated pest management; Microbial insecticide; Neonicotinoid insecticides

Indexed keywords

((E) 1 (2 CHLORO 1,3 THIAZOL 5 YLMETHYL) 3 METHYL 2 NITROGUANIDINE); ((E)-1-(2-CHLORO-1,3-THIAZOL-5-YLMETHYL)-3-METHYL-2-NITROGUANIDINE); DINOTEFURAN; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE HORMONE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN; THIAMETHOXAM;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH REGULATOR; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FLY; LARVA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIPTERA; GUANIDINES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PYRIDINES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYSIA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; INSECTA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; MYCETOPHILUS SP. HMR-1993; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 31844432901     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1143     Document Type: Article

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