Toxicity of six commercially formulated insecticides and biopesticides to third instar larvae of mushroom sciarid, Lycoriella ingenua Dufour (Diptera: Sciaridae), in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-260

  Shamshad, Afsheen ^a   Clift, Alan D ^a   Mansfield, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bti; Diazinon; Insect growth regulators; Mushroom sciarid; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BISPORUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYCORIELLA INGENUA; SCIARIDAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 49749102434     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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