Pathogenicity of hyphomycetous fungi against Cyclocephala signaticollis

BioControl

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Berón, Corina M ^a   Diaz, Beatriz M ^b  

^a Fundacion para Investigaciones Biologicas Aplicadas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Paecilomyces lilacinus; Soil insects; White grubs

Indexed keywords

BULNESIA SARMIENTI; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DYNASTINAE; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HEXAPODA; HYPHOMYCETES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33745797401     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: 15738248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-004-0586-x     Document Type: Article

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