Beauveria bassiana: as a potential microbial biocontrol agent for tea mosquito bug, Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Dooars and Darjeeling, India

Beauveria bassiana: as a potential microbial biocontrol agent for tea mosquito bug, Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Dooars and Darjeeling, India

Abstract Background In the present study, the efficacy of two isolates of Beauveria bassiana namely, BKN20 and BKN1/14 was evaluated against the tea mosquito bug (TMB), Helopeltis theivora, Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae) damaging harvestable shoots of tea plants in the Dooars and Darjeeling regions...

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Main Authors: Bhabesh Deka, Azariah Babu, Arulmarianathan John Peter, Abhay Kumar Pandey, Kishor Chand Kumhar, Suman Sarkar, Hirakjyoti Rajbongshi, Pritam Dey, Emmanuel Leo Daniel Amalraj, Venkateswara Rao Talluri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
Subjects:
Tea plant
Helopeltis theivora
Entomopathogenic fungi
Bio-formulation
Biological control
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-021-00478-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-021-00478-3

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