Indirect biological control of the coffee leaf rust, Hemileia vastatrix, by the entomogenous fungus Lecanicillium lecanii in a complex coffee agroecosystem

Biological Control

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-97

  Jackson, Doug ^a   Skillman, Jane ^a   Vandermeer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Entomopathogen; Hemileia vastatrix; Lecanicillium lecanii; Mycoparasite

Indexed keywords

AZTECA INSTABILIS; COCCUS VIRIDIS; FUNGI; HEMILEIA VASTATRIX; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA;

EID: 84857795548     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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