Comparison of application methods for suppressing the pecan weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with Beauveria bassiana under field conditions

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-171

  Shapiro Ilan, David I ^a   Gardner, Wayne A ^b   Cottrell, Ted E ^a   Behle, Robert W ^c   Wood, Bruce W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Curculio caryae; Pecan

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVER CROP; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; ORCHARD; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PECAN; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; CARYA; MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WEEVILS;

BYRON; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIO CARYAE; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 39749192530     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[162:COAMFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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