Virulence and in vitro characteristics of pathogenic fungi isolated from soil by baiting with Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 342-358

  Sun, Jianzhong ^a   Fuxa, James R ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baiting technique; Beauveria bassiana; Coptotermes formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite; Fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0041695541     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-38.3.342     Document Type: Article

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