Natural occurrence of entomopathogens in pacific northwest nursery soils and their virulence to the black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1335-1343

  Bruck, Denny J ^a  

^a HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Beauveria bassiana; Metarhizium anisopliae; Soil survey; Steinernema oregonense

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; SOIL SURVEY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIRULENCE;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEMATODA; OTIORHYNCHUS; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES TENUIPES; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA OREGONENSE; STEINERNEMA OREGONENSIS;

EID: 7644235342     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.5.1335     Document Type: Review

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