Use of a novel sporulation monitor to quantify the effects of formulation and storage on conidiation by dried mycelia of the entomopathogenic fungus Zoophthora radicans

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-21

  Pell, J K ^a   Barker, A D P ^a,b   Clark, S J ^a   Wilding, N ^a   Alderson, P G ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conidia production; Dried mycelia; Formulation; Sporulation monitor; Storage; Zoophthora radicans

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; MYCELIUM; SPOROGENESIS;

ZOOPHTHORA RADICANS;

EID: 0031922506     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159830397     Document Type: Article

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