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Pathogenicity of indigenous strains of three entomopathogenic fungi to the sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Cover

Pathogenicity of indigenous strains of three entomopathogenic fungi to the sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Hellenic Plant Protection Journal
Volume 8 (2015): Issue 2 (July 2015)
By: V.T. Gkounti,  D. Markoyiannaki and  D.Ch. Kontodimas  
Open Access
|Jul 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hppj-2015-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2732-656X | Journal ISSN: 1791-3691
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Language: English
Page range: 46 - 54
Submitted on: Apr 22, 2015
Accepted on: May 31, 2015
Published on: Jul 14, 2015
Published by: Benaki Phytopathological Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Keywords: agave,
Beauveria bassiana,
Curculionidae,
Isaria fumosorosea,
Metarhizium anisopliae
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Zoology,
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