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Preventive application of an entomopathogenic fungus in cover crops for wireworm control

Rogge, Sina Alexandra ; Mayerhofer, Johanna ; Enkerli, Jürg ; Bacher, Sven ; Grabenweger, Giselher

In: BioControl, 2017, vol. 62, no. 5, p. 613–623

Efficacy of the Metarhizium brunneum Petch (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) strain ART2825 for control of wireworms (Agriotes obscurus (L.), Coleoptera: Elateridae) was examined in a semi-field pot experiment. Pots were treated in late summer during sowing of spring oat as a cover crop. Survival of wireworms was assessed four weeks after their release in October 2013, and 30 weeks after release in...