Laboratory and Field Studies with Boverin: a Mycoinsecticidal Preparation of Beauveria bassiana Produced in the Soviet Union2
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 72 (4) , 562-565
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/72.4.562
Abstract
Three species of pest caterpillars of cole crops, i.e., Pieris rapae (L.), Plutella xylostella (L.), and Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), were susceptible to Boverin, a mycoinsecticidal preparation of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. The LC-50’s were 0.25, 0.025, and 0.27% Boverin, respectively. A high rate of Boverin (5.0%), the equivalent of 7.4×1014 conidia/ha, reduced field populations of T. ni larvae ca. 50% and reduced leaf damage ca. 87%. The half-life of B. bassiana infectivity on collard and soybean foliage was less than 24 h.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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