Persistence and efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) and diatomaceous earth against Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) on wheat and maize

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1303-1311

  Athanassiou, Christos G ^a   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^b   Vayias, Basileios J ^a   Tsakiri, Johanna B ^c   Mikeli, Nickoleta H ^d   Meletsis, Constantin M ^d   Tomanović, Željko ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Diatomaceous earth; Maize; Metarhizium anisopliae; Rhyzopertha dominica; Sitophilus oryzae; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DIATOM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; MAIZE; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; WHEAT;

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYPHOMYCETES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48749103506     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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