The effects of temperature on the pathogenicity of heat-sensitive mutants of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, toward the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-165

  Hegedus, Dwayne D ^a   Khachatourians, George G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Fungal pathogenesis models; Heat sensitive mutants; Median effect plots; Melanoplus sanguinipes

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES;

EID: 0037600987     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0074     Document Type: Article

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