Browsing by Subject "Biological pest control agents"

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Intraspecies transmission and effects of an unidentified microsporidium on the convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae), used for biological control

Joudrey, Philip E. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2006)

Convergent lady beetles, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville, are often used for aphid control in agriculture and in home gardens. Beetles are collected from overwintering sites in California and are customarily released ...
White rice and pearled barley mass cultured Beauveria bassiana and its pathogenicity toward Choristoneura fumiferana

White, Sheila (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)

An assay screening five isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana from various geographic and host origins, found the following strains most pathogenic toward 4th, 5th and 6th instars of Eastern Spruce ...

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