Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) in controlling the tomato borer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

BioControl

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-80

  González Cabrera, Joel ^a   Mollá, Oscar ^a   Montón, Helga ^a   Urbaneja, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioinsecticides; Biological control; Entomopathogens; Miridae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVA; LEAFMINER; PARASITOID;

NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

EID: 78650967705     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-010-9310-1     Document Type: Article

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