Enhanced efficacy of Beauveria bassiana for red flour beetle with reduced moisture

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1071-1074

  Lord, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Desiccation; Flour beetle; Humidity; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BODY WEIGHT; DESICCATION; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BODY WEIGHT; DESICCATION; LARVA; MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TRIBOLIUM; WATER;

BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 34548188979     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1071:EEOBBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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