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1. A freeze-dried diet to test pathogens of Colorado potato beetle

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Martin, P.A.W.
Subject:
Leptinotarsa decemlineata , entomopathogenic bacteria , Photorhabdus luminescens , Serratia marcescens , Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis , Chromobacterium , pathogenicity , screening , bioassays , artificial diets , freeze drying , insect growth , mortality , biological control agents
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2004

2. A new method to evaluate the biocontrol potential of single spore isolates of fungal entomopathogens

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Posada, F.J. , Vega, F.E.
Subject:
life cycle (organisms) , Beauveria bassiana , entomopathogenic fungi , biological control agents , strains , screening , bioassays , Hypothenemus hampei , mortality , fungal spores , spore germination , sporulation
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

3. A short-term auxiliary diet for the predaceous stink bug, Perillus bioculatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Yocum, G.D. , Evenson, P.L.
Subject:
Perillus bioculatus , artificial diets , nutritive value , mortality , biological development , body weight , fecundity , predatory insects , biological control agents , Leptinotarsa decemlineata , Heliothis virescens , predators , insect nutrition
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2002

4. A Soil Inoculant Inhibits Armillaria mellea In Vitro and Improves Productivity of Grapevines with Root Disease

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Baumgartner, K. , Warnock, A.E.
Subject:
Vitis vinifera , grapes , Armillaria mellea , plant pathogenic fungi , fungal diseases of plants , diameter , root diseases , biological control , biological control agents , soil inoculation , soil bacteria , disease control , crop yield , plant nutrition , plant growth , grape juice , fruit quality , phosphorus , potassium , soluble solids , disease course , mortality , microirrigation , California
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2006

5. A strain of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae for controlling subterranean termites

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Wright, M.S. , Raina, A.K. , Lax, A.R.
Subject:
Coptotermes formosanus , subterranean termites , termite control , entomopathogenic fungi , Metarhizium anisopliae , biological control agents , pathogenicity , fungal spores , dose response , mortality , worker insects , disease transmission , infection , Louisiana
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

6. Acceptability and Suitability of Athel, Tamarix aphylla, to the Leaf Beetle Diorhabda elongata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a Biological Control Agent of Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.)

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Milbrath, L.R. , Deloach, C.J.
Subject:
Diorhabda elongata , biological control agents , host plants , Tamarix aphylla , Tamarix , host specificity , oviposition , insect development , mortality , body size , insect reproduction , fecundity , nontarget organisms , host preferences
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2006

7. Activity of oil-formulated conidia of the fungal entomopathogens Nomuraea rileyi and Isaria tenuipes against lepidopterous larvae

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Vega-Aquino, Paulina , Sanchez-Peña, Sergio , Blanco, Carlos A.
Subject:
entomopathogenic fungi , Nomuraea rileyi , Paecilomyces , conidia , pesticide formulations , oils , suspensions , mycoinsecticides , biological control agents , virulence , Lepidoptera , larvae , prepupae , mortality , insect control
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2010

8. Artificial diet and rearing methods for the Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) biological control agent oxyops vitiosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Wheeler, G.S. , Zahniser, J.
Subject:
Curculionidae , biological control agents , mass rearing , artificial diets , mortality , biological development , Melaleuca quinquenervia , woody weeds , weed control , biological control
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2001

9. Artificial diets for rearing the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Gelman, D.B. , Bell, R.A. , Liska, L.J. , Hu, J.S. , Journal of insect science (Online)
Subject:
Harmonia axyridis , fungicides , topical application , fungicide residues , nontarget organisms , toxicity , mortality , biological development , biological control agents , biological control , Citrus , application rate , predators , Florida
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2001

10. Assessing deposition and persistence of Beauveria bassiana GHA (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) applied for control of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), in a commercial tree nursery

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Castrillo, Louela A. , Griggs, Michael H. , Liu, Houping , Bauer, Leah S. , Vandenberg, John D.
Subject:
Fraxinus , forest trees , forest nurseries , Agrilus planipennis , insect pests , plant pests , Beauveria bassiana , biological control agents , biological control , entomopathogenic fungi , insect control , foliar application , adult insects , application timing , eclosion , bark , leaves , polymerase chain reaction , population dynamics , temporal variation , virulence , mortality
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2010