Combining larval parasitoids and an entomopathogenic fungus for biological control of Sitophilus granarius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in stored grain

Biological Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-242

  Hansen, Lise Stengård ^a   Steenberg, Tove ^a  

^a Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anisopteromalus calandrae; Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Grain stores; Lariophagus distinguendus; Sitophilus granarius

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTEROMALUS CALANDRAE; BEAUVERIA; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; LARIOPHAGUS DISTINGUENDUS; SITOPHILUS GRANARIUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33845918238     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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