TY - BOOK AU - Saeed Ali Saeed Alawaash AU - Camal Hassan Sewify , AU - Mohamad Helmy Belal , AU - Refat Elmoursy Elsufty , TI - Evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungus beauveria bassiana and its prospects in controlling the red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Saeed Ali Saeed Alawaash , KW - Entomopathogenic fungus beauveria bassiana KW - Red palm weevil KW - Rhynchophorus ferrugineus N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides; Issued also as CD N2 - The entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. was evaluated as a biological control agent against the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliv.) in United Arab Emirates and Egypt. In UAE, the fungus was studied using a local strain. For adult weevils, the calculated LC₅₀ was 6.3x10⁶ conidia /ml ER -