Virulence of seven isolates of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae to Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 481-487

  Jones, Wendy E ^a   Grace, J Kenneth ^a   Tamashiro, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria; Coptotermes formosanus; entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium; microbial control; termite control

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0030499282     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.481     Document Type: Article

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