Colonization of crop plants by fungal entomopathogens and their effects on two insect pests when in planta

Biological Control

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Gurulingappa, Pampapathy ^a   Sword, Gregory A ^a   Murdoch, Gregory ^a   McGee, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Aspergillus parasiticus; Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Chortoicetes terminifera; Endophyte; Entomopathogen; Fungal ecology; Interactions; Lecanicillium lecanii

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CHORTOICETES TERMINIFERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77955659806     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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