Potential of Lecanicillium species for dual microbial control of aphids and the cucumber powdery mildew fungus, Sphaerotheca fuliginea

Biological Control

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-332

  Kim, Jeong Jun ^a,b   Goettel, Mark S ^a   Gillespie, David R ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphid; Aulacorthum solani; Entomopathogenic fungi; Lecanicillium attenuatum; Lecanicillium longisporum; Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Microbial control; Myzus persicae; Powdery mildew; Simultaneous control; Sphaerotheca fuliginea; Verticillium lecanii

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; AULACORTHUM SOLANI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; LECANICILLIUM; LECANICILLIUM ATTENUATUM; LECANICILLIUM LONGISPORUM; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; MYZUS PERSICAE; PODOSPHAERA FULIGINEA; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA;

EID: 33846709916     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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