Honey bees can disseminate a microbial control agent to more than one inflorescence pest of oilseed rape

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-191

  Carreck, Norman L ^a   Butt, Tariq M ^a   Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Ibrahim, Ludmilla ^a   Isger, Elizabeth A ^a   Pell, Judith K ^a   Williams, Ingrid H ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brassica napus; Ceutorhynchus assimilis; Entomopathogenic fungus; Meligethes aeneus; Metarhizium anisopliae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MICROORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; TRAP CROP;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRUCHINAE; CEUTORHYNCHUS ASSIMILIS; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 33847186314     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150600937485     Document Type: Article

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