An improved cage system for the bioassay of Metarhizium anisopliae on Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 745-752

  Pourian, Hamid Reza ^a   Ezzati Tabrizi, Reyhaneh ^a   Talaei Hassanloui, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bioassay chamber; Entomopathogenic fungus; Escape; Metarhizium anisopliae; Thrips tabaci

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; THRIPS;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; THRIPIDAE; THRIPS TABACI; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 52949088284     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150802290618     Document Type: Article

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