Potential of tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) as a bioassay probe for Metarhizium brunneum (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) activity against ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2095-2098

  Bharadwaj, Anuja ^a   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

bioassay; Ixodes scapularis; Mealworms; Metarhizium brunneum; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALS; IXODES; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TENEBRIO;

EID: 84255163282     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11170     Document Type: Article

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