Laboratory investigations on the potential of entomopathogenic fungi for biocontrol of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae and pupae

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 853-864

  Nguyen, Nguyen T H ^a   Borgemeister, Christian ^b   Poehling, Hans Michael ^a   Zimmermann, Gisbert ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age dependent mortality; Beauveria bassiana; Biocontrol; Dose mortality relationship; Entomopathogenic fungi; Helicoverpa armigera; Metarhizium anisopliae; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; PUPA;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NOCTUIDAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS;

EID: 34548849804     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150701546375     Document Type: Article

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