Entomopathogenic fungi in cornfields and their potential to manage larval western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-332

  Rudeen, Melissa L ^a   Jaronski, Stefan T ^b   Petzold Maxwell, Jennifer L ^a   Gassmann, Aaron J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Bioassays; Cornfield; Galleria mellonella; Metarhizium; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; ASCOMYCOTA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; BEAUVERIA; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MAIZE; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BIOASSAYS; CORNFIELD; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLES; IOWA; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BIOASSAYS; CORNFIELD; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; METARHIZIUM; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 84886165574     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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