Isolation of entomopathogenic fungi from the soil and their pathogenicity to two fruit fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 778-788

  Sookar, P ^a,d   Bhagwant, S ^b   Awuor Ouna, E ^c  

^a Ministry of Agro Industry and Fisheries   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d Ministry of Agro Industry Food Production and Security   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae; Bactrocera zonata; Beauveria bassiana; Biocontrol; Metarhizium anisopliae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FLY; FUNGUS; PATHOGENICITY; VEGETABLE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; BACTROCERA ZONATA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; SACCHARUM; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 58149178462     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2008.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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