Treatment of millet crop plant (Sorghum bicolor) with the entomopathogenic fungus (Beauveria bassiana) to combat infestation by the stem borer, Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-226

  Reddy, Narasimha P ^a   Ali Khan, Akbar P ^a   Devi, Uma K ^a   Sharma, Hari C ^b   Reineke, Annette ^c  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Chilo partellus; Endophytism; Entomopathogenic fungus; Reduction in stem tunneling; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; CHILO PARTELLUS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 70349976094     PISSN: 12268615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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