Effect of density of the termite, Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), on the susceptibilities to Metarhizium anisopliae

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-130

  Shimizu, Susumu ^a   Yamaji, Motoko ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grooming; Metarhizium anisopliae; Reticulitermes speratus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0038054486     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.125     Document Type: Article

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