The effects of farming system, habitat type and bait type on the isolation of entomopathogenic fungi from citrus soils in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

BioControl

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-412

  Goble, T A ^a   Dames, J F ^a   Hill, M P ^a   Moore, S D ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CITRUS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Galleria bait method; Natural occurrence; Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BAIT; DICOTYLEDON; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FARMING SYSTEM; FLY; FUNGUS; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; MOTH; ORCHARD; REFUGIUM; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CITRUS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE; PYRALIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; THAUMATOTIBIA LEUCOTRETA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 77952879405     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-009-9259-0     Document Type: Article

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