The effects of temperature on the insecticidal activity of Beauveria amorpha to Heptophylla picea

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-392

  Hiromori, Hajime ^a   Yaginuma, Dai ^a   Kajino, Ken ^a   Hatsukade, Masayoshi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beauveria amorpha; Heptophylla picea; Insecticidal activity; Microbial control

Indexed keywords

AMORPHA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA AMORPHA; FUNGI; HEPTOPHYLLA PICEA; PICEA;

EID: 8344224622     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.389     Document Type: Article

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