Entomopathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) sorokin isolated from different sources in the control of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera curculionidae)

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Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-55

  Francardi, Valeria ^a   Benvenuti, Claudia ^a   Roversi, Pio Federico ^a   Rumine, Pietro ^a   Barzanti, Gianpaolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Infecting substratum; RPW; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881066104     PISSN: 03704327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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