Pathogenicity of two entomopathogenic fungi on Trialeurodes vaporariorum and field evaluation of a Paecilomyces fumosoroseus isolate

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-52

  Pineda, Samuel ^a   Alatorre, Raquel ^b   Schneider, Marcela Inés ^c   Martínez, Ana Mabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b Estadística E Informática   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 36749026133     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3958/0147-1724-32.1.43     Document Type: Article

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