Toxicity of spinosad and Beauveria bassiana to the black cutworm, and the additivity of subletal doses

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-217

  Gosselin, M E ^a,b   Belair G ^a   Simard, L ^a   Brodeur, J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive interaction; Agrotis ipsilon; Beauveria bassiana; Black cutworm; Spinosad

Indexed keywords

BIOPESTICIDE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; PUPATION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

AGROTIS IPSILON; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 68349121657     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150802663285     Document Type: Article

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