Light and Electron Microscopy Studies of the Infection of the Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-33

  Vestergaard, S ^a   Butt, T M ^b   Bresciani, J ^a   Gillespie, A T ^c   Eilenberg, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Frankliniella occidentalis; Germination; Infection and developmental processes; Metarhizium anisopliae; Microscopy studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006650228     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4802     Document Type: Article

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