Effects of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on mortality, fecundity and egg fertility of Tetranychus evansi

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-159

  Wekesa, V W ^a,b   Knapp, M ^a   Maniania, N K ^a   Boga, H I ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Developmental stages; Egg fertility; Entomopathogenic fungi; Fecundity; Metarhizium anisopliae; Mortality; Tetranychus evansi

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FECUNDITY; FUNGUS; MORTALITY;

ACARI; BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI;

EID: 33645296302     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2006.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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