Virulence of metarhizium isolates against the polyphagous defoliator pest, spilarctia obliqua (lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-80

  Sapna Bai, N ^a   Sasidharan, T O ^a   Remadevi, O K ^b   Rajan, P D ^a   Balachander, M ^b  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Entomopathogen; LC50; Lepidopteran pests; LT 50; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; COLEOPTERA; ENTOMOPATHOGEN; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; LABORATORY BIOASSAY; LEPIDOPTERA; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; SPILARCTIA OBLIQUA;

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROP PEST; DEFOLIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ARCTIIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; SPILARCTIA OBLIQUA;

EID: 77449099745     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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