Effects of temperature and thermoregulation on mycosis by Beauveria bassiana in grasshoppers

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-139

  Inglis, G Douglas ^a,b   Johnson, Dan L ^a   Goettel, Mark S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; behavioral fever; grasshoppers; Melanoplus sanguinipes; mycosis; temperature; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030272896     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0076     Document Type: Article

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