Diversity of double-stranded RNA viruses within populations of entomopathogenic fungi and potential implications for fungal growth and virulence

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 586-594

  Melzer, Michael J ^a   Bidochka, Michael J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; DsRNA; Metarhizium anisopliae; Metarhizium flavoviride

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA VIRUS; FUNGAL GROWTH; VIRULENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS RNA;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE; RNA VIRUSES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031823108     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761217     Document Type: Article

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