Laboratory and field evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae for controlling subterranean termites

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Hussain, Abid ^a   Ahmed, S ^b   Shahid, M ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diesel oil; Field application; Microtermes obesi; Odontotermes obesus; Repellency; Sugarcane; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ISOPTERA; LABORATORY; METARHIZIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ISOPTERA; LABORATORIES; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE; MICROTERMES OBESI; ODONTOTERMES OBESUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 79957725103     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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