Prospects of using Metarhizium anisopliae to check the breeding of insect pest, Oryctes rhinoceros L. in coconut leaf vermicomposting sites

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1801-1806

  Gopal, Murali ^a   Gupta, Alka ^a   Thomas, George V ^a  

^a ICAR CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Coconut palm; Earthworms; Eudrilus sp.; Metarhizium anisopliae; Oryctes rhinoceros; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL; BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSTING; FUNGI; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

COCONUT PALM; EARTHWORMS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; VERMICOMPOSTING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL; BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSTING; FUNGI; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXICITY;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; PEST CONTROL BY CONTROL METHOD;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; PEST MANAGEMENT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY WEIGHT; COCOS; HYPOCREALES; INSECT CONTROL; OLIGOCHAETA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CORDYCEPS BRITTLEBANKISOIDES; EARTHWORMS (SP.); EUDRILUS; FUNGI; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS;

EID: 33745664011     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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