Efficacy of native isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana against the invasive ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus germanus Blandford (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Efficacy of native isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana against the invasive ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus germanus Blandford (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Abstract The invasive ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus germanus Blandford (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), is one of the most significant pests in hazelnut orchards in Turkey. Chemical control of the beetle is very difficult, because it spends the majority of its life in the sapwood of host tree...

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Main Authors: Celal Tuncer, Rahman Kushiyev, Ismail Erper, Ismail Oguz Ozdemir, Islam Saruhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
Subjects:
Xylosandrus germanus
Entomopathogenic fungi
Hazelnut
Turkey
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41938-019-0132-x

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