Natural occurrence of insect pathogenic fungi and insect parasitic nematodes in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera populations

BioControl

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-359

  Pilz, Christina ^a,b   Wegensteiner, Rudolf ^a   Keller, Siegfried ^b  

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

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beauveria spp.; Chrysomelidae; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Entomoparasitic nematodes; Entomopathogenic fungi; Heterorhabditis sp.; Metarhizium anisopliae; Western corn root worm

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MAIZE; NEMATODE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; ITALY; ROMANIA; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BEAUVERIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS SP.; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 41049098058     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-007-9074-4     Document Type: Article

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