Mycopesticide production by fermentation: Potential and challenges

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-243

  Deshpande, M V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cuticle degrading enzymes; Entomopathogen; Fungal structures; Mycolytic enzymes; Mycoparasite; Mycopesticide

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; INSECT CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES;

FUNGI; INSECTA;

EID: 0032820145     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408419991299220     Document Type: Review

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