Influence ofSolanumHost Plants on Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Susceptibility to the EntomopathogenBeauveria bassiana

D. Costa, Scott; Gaugler, Randy

doi:10.1093/ee/18.3.531

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Influence ofSolanumHost Plants on Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Susceptibility to the EntomopathogenBeauveria bassiana

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Authors:

Scott D. Costa

Randy Gaugler

Abstract

Interactions among three tropic levels were investigated to determine host plant influences on insect susceptibility to fungal infection. Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), larvae were reared on six Solanum hosts( S. chacoense PI 414143 & 189220, S. hjertingii PI 251065, S. hou...

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Biology

Beauveria bassiana

Leptinotarsa

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