Efficacy of a Cladosporium sp. fungus against Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), other insect pests and beneficial insects of cotton

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1387-1397

  Bahar, Md Habibullah ^a   Backhouse, David ^a   Gregg, Peter C ^a,b   Mensah, Robert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Cotton Catchment Communities ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

beneficial insects; Cladosporium; cotton; Helicoverpa armigera; microbial control; sucking insect pests

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COTTON; CROP PEST; EGG; FARMING SYSTEM; FUNGUS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LARVA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; BEMISIA TABACI; CHRYSOPIDAE; CLADOSPORIUM; COCCINELLA TRANSVERSALIS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DICRANOLAIUS BELLULUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALLADA; MELYRIDAE; NABIDAE; NEUROPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 84855469996     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2011.622036     Document Type: Article

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