28s rDNA group-I introns: A powerful tool for identifying strains of Beauveria brongniartii

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 373-381

  Neuveglise C ^a,c   Brygoo, Y ^b   Riba, G ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

28s rDNA; Beauveria; detection; entomopathogenic fungus; group I introns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031128341     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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