The use of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of parasitic mites, Psoroptes spp.

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Smith, K E ^a   Wall, R ^a   French, N P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Fungi; Metarhizium anispoliae; Psoroptes cuniculi; Psoroptes ovis; Scab control methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; INSECT CONTROL; LD 50; MALE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MITE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENICITY; RABBIT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; FEMALE; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; MYCOSES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RABBITS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HIRSUTELLA THOMPSONII; INSECTA; MARTES PENNANTI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES CUNICULI; PSOROPTES OVIS; PSOROPTIDAE;

EID: 0034692625     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00277-6     Document Type: Article

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