Ultrastructural and Cytochemical Characterization of Aphid Invasion by the Hyphomycete Verticillium lecanii

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Askary, Hassan ^a   Benhamou, Nicole ^a   Brodeur, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Biological control; Chitinase; Deuteromycete; Electron microscopy; Entomopathogenic fungus; Gold cytochemistry; Histopathology; Homoptera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002884412     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4857     Document Type: Article

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