OCCURRENCE IN THE SOIL AND DISPERSAL OF <em>Lecanicillium lecanii</em>, A FUNGAL PATHOGEN OF THE GREEN COFFEE SCALE (<em>Coccus viridis</em>) AND COFFEE RUST (<em>Hemileia vastatrix</em>)

OCCURRENCE IN THE SOIL AND DISPERSAL OF <em>Lecanicillium lecanii</em>, A FUNGAL PATHOGEN OF THE GREEN COFFEE SCALE (<em>Coccus viridis</em>) AND COFFEE RUST (<em>Hemileia vastatrix</em>)

The fungus Lecanicillium lecanii attacks the green scale (Coccus viridis), a pest of coffee, and is also a hyperparasite of coffee rust (Hemileia vastatrix). Knowledge of the epizootiology of this fungus is potentially important for conservation biological control in coffee agroecosystems. The prese...

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Main Authors: Doug William Jackson, Kate Zemenick, Graciela Huerta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2012-08-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Subjects:
Lecanicillium lecanii
Azteca instabilis
Coccus viridis
dispersal
fungal entomopathogen
epizootiology
Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/912

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