Effects of fluctuating moisture and temperature regimes on sporulation of Beauveria bassiana on cadavers of Rhodnius prolixus

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-334

  Fargues, Jacques ^a   Luz, Christian ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Cadaver; Entomopathogenic fungi; Fluctuating regimes; Host stage; Humidity; Rhodnius prolixus; Sporulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; FUNGUS; HUMIDITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBE METABOLISM; MOISTURE; PARASITISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; MOISTURE; SPORULATION; TEMPERATURE;

ARTHROPODA; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 0031662982     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159830135     Document Type: Article

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