Biological control of Strophosoma spp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in greenery (Abies procera) plantations using Hyphomycetes

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-598

  Nielsen, Charlotte ^a,b   Vestergaard, Susanne ^a   Harding, Susanne ^a   Wolsted, Christina ^a   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KVL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Field studies; Metarhizium anisopliae; Microbial control

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; FUNGUS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ABIES; ABIES PROCERA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; STROPHOSOMA; STROPHOSOMA CAPITATUM; STROPHOSOMA MELANOGRAMMUM;

EID: 33745154475     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150500532824     Document Type: Article

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