Toxicity of synthetic and biological insecticides against adults of the Eucalyptus snout-beetle Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-305

  Echeverri Molina, Derian ^a   Santolamazza Carbone, Serena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Centro de Investigacion Forestal de Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Gonipterus scutellatus; IGRs; Metarhizium anisopliae; Neonicotinoid; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; PYRETHROID; TOXICITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; GONIPTERUS SCUTELLATUS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM;

EID: 77954622891     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-010-0298-1     Document Type: Article

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