Time-concentration-mortality responses of carmine spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) females to three hypocrealean fungi as biocontrol agents

Biological Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-501

  Shi, Wei Bing ^a,b   Zhang, Lei ^a   Feng, Ming Guang ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Bioassay; Metarhizium anisopliae; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Tetranychus cinnabarinus; Time concentration mortality modeling

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYPOCREALES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS CINNABARINUS; VICIA FABA;

EID: 48449090939     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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