Forgotten natural enemies: Interactions between coccinellids and insect-parasitic fungi

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-398

  Roy, Helen E ^a   Cottrell, Ted E ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Coccinellidae; Entomopathogenic fungi; Hesperomyces virescens; Ladybeetles; Ladybirds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; OVERWINTERING; PARASITOID; PATHOGEN; PREDATOR;

APHIDIDAE; BEAUVERIA; COCCINELLIDAE; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HESPEROMYCES VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS;

EID: 66849097962     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.049     Document Type: Review

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