Improving Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana against Stored Grain Beetles with a Synergistic Co-Formulant

Improving Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana against Stored Grain Beetles with a Synergistic Co-Formulant

The potential of a dry powder co-formulant, kaolin, to improve the control of storage beetles by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, isolate IMI389521, was investigated. The response of Oryzaephilus surinamensis adults to the fungus when applied to wheat at 1 × 1010 conidia per kg with a...

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Main Authors: Clare Storm, Freya Scoates, Adam Nunn, Olivier Potin, Aoife Dillon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
co-formulant
biopesticide
synergy
Beauveria bassiana
kaolin
entomopathogenic fungi
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/7/3/42

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