Persistence of conidia and potential efficacy of Beauveria bassiana against pinhole borers in New Zealand southern beech forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 246, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 232-239

  Reay, Stephen D ^a   Hachet, Celine ^b   Nelson, Tracey L ^b   Brownbridge, Michael ^b   Glare, Travis R ^b  

^a Silver Bullet Forest Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Biopesticide; Persistence; Platypus spp. Treptoplatypus sp.

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; PEST CONTROL;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BIOPESTICIDE; PINHOLE BORERS; PLATYPUS SPECIES; TREPTOPLATYPUS SP.;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; BREEDING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FUNGUS; LARVA; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; PEST CONTROL; SURVIVAL;

BIOCIDES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FORESTS; PESTS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; FAGUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PLATYPODINI; PLATYPUS (BEETLE);

EID: 34347236871     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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