Biocontrol Science and Technology (2011) 21, 1501-1505

J. Cossentine, S. Jaronski, H. Thistlewood and W. Yee (2011)
Impact of Metarhizium brunneum (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) on pre-imaginal Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae) within and on the surface of orchard soil
Biocontrol Science and Technology 21 (12), 1501-1505
Abstract: When last instar laboratory-reared Rhagoletis indifferens were allowed to pupate within non-sterile orchard soil containing incorporated Metarhizium brunneum isolate F52 conidia, a dose-related proportion died from developmental abnormalities and mycosis. When larvae entered soil superficially treated with M. brunneum, over 80% of the pupae died of developmental abnormalities.
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Database assignments for author(s): Joan E. Cossentine, Stefan T. Jaronski, Howard M.A. Thistlewood

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
application technology
environment/habitat manipulation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rhagoletis indifferens
Metarhizium brunneum (entomopathogen)	Rhagoletis indifferens