Field performance of metarhizium anisopliae against popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae in Turfgrass

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-26

  Ramoutar, Darryl ^a   Legrand, Ana I ^a,b   Alm, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungus; Listronotus maculicollis; Metarhizium anisopliae; Popillia japonica

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LISTRONOTUS MACULICOLLIS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; POA; POA ANNUA; POACEAE; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 77950560420     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-45.1.20     Document Type: Article

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