Effect of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wise) Brown and Smith (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) alone or in combination with diatomaceous earth against Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-286

  Michalaki, M P ^a   Athanassiou, C G ^a   Steenberg, T ^b   Buchelos, C Th ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diatomaceous earth; Entomopathogenic fungi; Ephestia kuehniella; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; ASCOMYCOTA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HYPOCREALES; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PYRALIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33845945223     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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