Variability in susceptibility to simulated sunlight of conidia among isolates of entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes

Mycopathologia

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-181

  Fargues, J ^a,e   Goettel, M S ^b   Smits, N ^a   Ouedraogo, A ^a   Vidal, C ^c   Lacey, L A ^c   Lomer, C J ^d   Rougier, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d IITA Biol Control Center for Africa   (Benin)

^e URLB FNRA   (France)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Metarhizium anisopliae; Metarhizium flavoviride; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; sunlight effects; UV B tolerance

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; HYPHOMYCETES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS;

EID: 0030436990     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00632339     Document Type: Article

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