Efficacy of endophytic and applied Metarhizium anisopliae (Metch.) Sorokin (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) against larvae of Plutella xylostella L. (Yponomeutidae: Lepidoptera) infesting Brassica napus plants

Crop Protection

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-134

  Batta, Yacoub A ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Endophyte; Internal colonization; Metarhizium anisopliae; Plutella xylostella; Topical application

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CANOLA; CROP PEST; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGI; HYPOCREALES; LEPIDOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 84870364759     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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