Susceptibility of the red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus (olivier) to the green muscardine fungus, melarhizium anisopliae (metsch.) in the laboratory and in palm trees orchards

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-183

  Merghem, Ahmed ^a  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Microbial control; Red palm weevil; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; Wood borers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922685854     PISSN: 11101768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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