Efficacy of the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin on the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae and adults under laboratory conditions

Abstract The efficacy of a local isolate of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana was tested against the red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae and adults by direct spraying of the fungus conidiospores on the targeted stages under laborato...

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Main Author: Monir M. El Husseini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41938-019-0155-3