The first trial of a metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum mycoinsecticide for the control of the red locust in a recognised outbreak area

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-331

  Price, R E ^a   Muller E J ^b   Brown, H D ^a   D'Uamba, P ^b   Jone, A A ^a  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b Direccao Nac de Pecuaria   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Field trials; Laboratory bioassay; Metarhizium anisopliae var. Acridum; Mycoinsecticide; Nomadacris septemfasciata; Red locust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747014275     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400018956     Document Type: Article

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