Bioassay assessment of metarhizium anisopliae (metchnikoff) sorokin (deuteromycota: hyphomycetes) against Oncometopia facialis (signoret) (hemiptera: cicadellidae) Avaliação do bioensaio de Metarhizium anisopliae (metchnikoff) sorokin (deuteromycota: hyphomycetes) contra Oncometopia facialis (signoret) (hemiptera: cicadellidae)

Citrus Variegated Chlorosis (CVC) is an economically important, destructive disease in Brazil and is caused by Xylella fastidiosa and transmitted by sharpshooter insects. In this study, the efficacy of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae in controlling the sharpshooter Oncometopia facialis was studied...

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Main Authors: Wolney Dalla Pria Júnior, Paulo Teixeira Lacava, Claudio Luiz Messias, João Lúcio Azevedo, Pedro Magalhães Lacava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2008-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822008000100027