Virulence of four Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) (Asc., Hypocreales) isolates on rose sawfly, Arge rosae under laboratory condition

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-53

  Khosravi, Roya ^a   Sendi, Jalal Jalali ^a   Zibaee, Arash ^a   Shokrgozar, Mohammad Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Bioassay; Entomopathogen; Mortality; Rose sawfly

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919469101     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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