Effect of dose, pre-mortem host incubation temperature and thermal behaviour on host mortality, mycosis and sporulation of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum in Schistocerca gregaria

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 411-420

  Arthurs, S ^a   Thomas, M B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic fungi; Locusts and grasshoppers; Metarhizium anisopliae ( = flavoviride) var. acridum; Schistocerca gregaria; Thermoregulation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGAL INFECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION; INOCULATION; INSECT CONTROL; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCUBATION; LOCUST; MORTALITY; SPORULATION; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0034955077     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150120055826     Document Type: Article

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