Antimicrobial activity of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-41

  Mazza, Giuseppe ^a   Arizza, Vincenzo ^b   Baracchi, David ^a   Barzanti, Gian Paolo ^c   Benvenuti, Claudia ^c   Francardi, Valeria ^c   Frandi, Antonio ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a   Longo, Santi ^d   Manachini, Barbara ^b   Perito, Brunella ^a   Rumine, Pietro ^c   Schillaci, Domenico ^b   Turillazzi, Stefano ^a   Cervo, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biological control; Palm; Pest; Polar substances; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DRYOPHTHORINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79957479311     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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