Biological control of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Col.: Curculionidae) by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana in United Arab Emirates

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 736, Issue , 2007, Pages 399-404

  El Sufty, R ^a,b   Al Awash, S A ^a,c   Al Amiri, A M ^a,c   Shahdad, A S ^a,c   Al Bathra, A H ^a,c   Musa, S A ^a,c  

^a Biological Control Project of Red Palm Weevil   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)   (Sudan)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Conidia; Dusting; Mass production; Spray; Storage; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 70449129946     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.736.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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