New trend of the use of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sokorin and Verticillium indicum (Petch) Gams as entomopathogens to the termite Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

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Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-16

  Nasr, F N ^a,b   Moein, S I M ^a  

^a Agric Res Sta of Alexandria ^*  (Egypt)

^b PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; FUNGI; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; VERTICILLIUM INDICUM;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; TERMITE;

EID: 0031284575     PISSN: 03407330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02009610     Document Type: Article

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