RAPD-PCR characterization of Beauveria bassiana isolates from the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 405-409

  Urtz, B E ^a   Rice, W C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; DNA POLYMERASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LOUISIANA; POLYMORPHIC DNA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RICE; WATER ANALYSIS;

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; INSECTA; LISSORHOPTRUS ORYZOPHILUS;

EID: 0031466271     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1997.tb00006.x     Document Type: Article

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