Entomopathogenic fungi of the oil palm pest, Zophiuma butawengi (Fulgoromorpha: Lophopidae), and potential for use as biological control agents

Austral Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-274

  Woruba, Deane N ^a   Priest, Michael J ^b   Dewhurst, Charles F ^c   Gitau, Catherine W ^a   Fletcher, Murray J ^b   Nicol, Helen I ^a   Gurr, Geoff M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c PNG Oil Palm Research Association   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Hirsutella citriformis; Metarhizium flavoviride var. minus; Oil palm; Pathogenicity; Planthopper; Purpureocillium lilacinum

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; ELAEIS; FUNGI; HIRSUTELLA; HIRSUTELLA CITRIFORMIS; LOPHOPIDAE; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE VAR. MINUS;

EID: 84905496602     PISSN: 2052174X     EISSN: 20521758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aen.12073     Document Type: Article

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