Manual of Biocontrol Agents Abbreviated Entry*
Active substance:
Beauveria bassiana GHA
Nomenclature
Targets:
- Ataenius spp.
- Blissus spp.
- Otiorhynchus spp.
- Phyllophaga spp.
- Sphenophorus spp.
- Acyrthosiphon pisum (pea aphid)
- Aleurocanthus woglumi (citrus blackfly)
- Aleurodicus dugesii (giant whitefly)
- Aleyrodidae
(white fly) - Aphididae
(aphid, greenfly) - Aphis craccivora (cowpea aphid)
- Aphis fabae (black bean aphid)
- Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid, cotton–melon aphid)
- Bactericera cockerelli (potato psyllid, tomato psyllid)
- Bemisia argentifolii (silverleaf whitefly)
- Bemisia tabaci (tobacco whitefly, sweet potato whitefly, silverleaf whitefly)
- Brevicoryne brassicae (cabbage aphid)
- Cacopsylla pyricola (pear psyllid)
- Cicadellidae (leafhopper)
- Cotinis nitida (green June beetle)
- Curculionidae
(weevils) - Dialeurodes citri (citrus whitefly)
- Diuraphis noxia (russian wheat aphid)
- Empoasca fabae (potato leafhopper)
- Erythroneura comes (grape leafhopper, Eastern grape leafhopper)
- Erythroneura variabilis (Western grape leafhopper)
- Erythroneura ziczac (Virginia creeper leafhopper)
- Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips)
- Fulgoridae (lantern fly)
- Gynaikothrips ficorum (Cuban laurel thrips)
- Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (black tea thrips)
- Macrosiphum euphorbiae (potato aphid)
- Macrosiphum rosae (rose aphid)
- Myzus persicae (peach–potato aphid, green peach aphid)
- Naupactus godmani (fuller rose beetle)
- Otiorhynchus ovatus (strawberry root weevil)
- Otiorhynchus sulcatus (vine weevil)
- Phorodon humuli (damson-hop aphid)
- Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug)
- Pseudococcidae (mealybug)
- Pseudococcus longispinus (long-tailed mealybug)
- Psyllidae
(psyllid) - Rhynchites bicolor (rose curculio weevil, rose weevil)
- Scarabaeidae (scarab beetle)
- Schizaphis graminum (greenbug)
- Taeniothrips inconsequens (pear thrips)
- Therioaphis maculata (spotted alfalfa aphid)
- Thrips palmi (melon thrips)
- Thrips tabaci (onion thrips)
- Tingidae (lace bug)
- Trialeurodes abutiloneus (banded-winged whitefly)
- Trialeurodes vaporariorum (glasshouse whitefly, greenhouse whitefly)
- Tridiscus sporoboli (buffalo grass mealybug)
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Biological Activity
Mode of Action:
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Toxicology
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Environmental Fate:
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This is an extract from the Manual of Biocontrol Agents produced by the BCPC. The manual has been substantially revised and updated to reflect the growth and maturity of the global biocontrol industry.
It contains up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive information on over 200 active substances which are commercially available in products including:
- 90+ micro-organisms
- 15+ botanicals
- 80+ macro-organisms
- 31+ semiochemicals