Evaluation of black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) control strategies using Metarhizium anisopliae with sublethal doses of insecticides in disparate horticultural growing media

Biological Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-252

  Shah, Farooq A ^a   Ansari, M A ^a   Prasad, M ^b   Butt, T M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Black vine weevil; Efficacy; Fipronil; Imidacloprid; Metarhizium; Sublethal

Indexed keywords

METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS;

EID: 33845919627     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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