Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana for Controlling the House Fly and Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)

• Published in: Biological control Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 405 - 411
• Main Authors: Watson, D.W., Geden, C.J., Long, S.J., Rutz, D.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.09.1995
• Subjects: ADULTE; ADULTOS; ADULTS; APPLICATION RATES; AUXILIAIRE DE LUTTE BIOLOGIQUE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISMS; CHAMPIGNON ENTOMOPATHOGENE; CONIDIA; CONTROL BIOLOGICO; CONTROL DE INSECTOS; DOSE D'APPLICATION; DOSIS DE APLICACION; DUSTS; ENTOMOGENOUS FUNGI; ESPORAS FUNGICAS; FORMULACIONES; FORMULATION; FORMULATIONS; FUNGAL SPORES; HONGOS ENTOMOPATOGENOS; INOCULUM DENSITY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVAE; LARVAS; LARVE; LUTTE ANTIINSECTE; LUTTE BIOLOGIQUE; MUSCA DOMESTICA; ORGANISMOS PARA CONTROL BIOLOGICO; PATHOGENICITY; PATOGENICIDAD; POUVOIR PATHOGENE; SOLUCION; SOLUTION; SOLUTIONS; SPORE FONGIQUE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; STRAINS

Two strains of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (P89 and L90) were evaluated for pathogenicity to adult and larval house flies, Musca domestica L., and the adult stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.). B. bassiana conidia formulated as a dust or aqueous solution were applied to plywood surfaces....