Virulence of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria brongniartii to several life stages of the yellowish elongate chafer Heptophylla picea Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-293

  Yaginuma, Dai ^a,b   Hiromori, Hajime ^a   Hatsukade, Masayoshi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beauveria brongniartii; Coleoptera; Entomopathogenic fungi; Heptophylla picea; Microbial control

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA AMORPHA; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BRONGNIARTII; FUNGI; HEPTOPHYLLA PICEA; PICEA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33744960236     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.287     Document Type: Article

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