Selection of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of the western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 426-431

  Pilz, C ^a,b   Wegensteiner, R ^a   Keller, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Beauveria brongniartii; Bioassays; Chrysomelidae; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROP PEST; FIELD SURVEY; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MAIZE; MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VIRULENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BRONGNIARTII; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447127747     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01179.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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